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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Vol. I-III


Book Description
3 portrait frontispieces, 2 plates, 2 illus, 3 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, very minor bumps to a few corners. Gatherings in Vol. III largely unopened. A very good set.
Dealer Notes
Complete in 3 volumes. Second edition, with some small corrections. Erratum slip facing p. 1, Vol. I. The first published version of Darwin's autobiography, which went through five printings (of which this is the third) in little more than a year. Sir Francis Darwin (1848-1925) was a botanist and son of Charles Darwin. Francis Darwin's books on his father have provided the basis for all subsequent scientific biographies and papers on Darwin.
Freeman 1454.
Freeman 1454.
Author
FRANCIS DARWIN
Date
1887
Publisher
John Murray: London
Condition
Very good
Pages
ix, [1], 395, [3]; [iv], 393, [3]; iv, 418, [2]
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