[Rarebooks] FS: Darwin's THE DESCENT OF MAN Illustrated and SIGNED by Fritz Kredel

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DARWIN, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. 
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in 
tan oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine 
decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an 
introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by the 
Griffin Press in Australia. Illustrated with 14 full-page 
black-and-maroon line drawings and a profusion of smaller 
black-and-white drawings by Fritz Kredel. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Fine in lightly worn glassine and 
a lightly soiled, Fine slipcase.         $150.00

DARWIN, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. 
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in 
brown oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine 
decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an 
introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by the 
Griffin Press in Australia. Illustrated with 14 full-page 
black-and-maroon line drawings and a profusion of smaller 
black-and-white drawings by Fritz Kredel. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a 
lightly soiled, Fine slipcase.         $175.00

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