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Insectivorous Plants (First American Edition)
by Darwin, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton, 1875. First American edition.. Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 462, (8, ads). Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated with four black wheels and black panel lines on the front and rear boards, original yellow endpapers, sm 8vo. Freeman #1220. The American first edition was published from the stereos of the first English edition which also appeared in 1875. From the research collection of A. G. Brice of New Orleans with his bookplate on the front attached endpaper. Later from the collection of R. O. Rilett with his pencil signature dated Dec. 3, 1975, on the front free endpaper. Finally, from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown dated Sept. 7, 2000, with his ink signature also on the front free endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9449
- Title
- Insectivorous Plants (First American Edition)
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: D. Appleton, 1875. First American edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Darwiniana;
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
Biblio member since 2007
Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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- Spine
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