[Rarebooks] FS: Limited Edition Charles Darwin Illustrated by Robert Gibbings, Fritz Kredel, and Paul Landacre

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1.  DARWIN, Charles (Robert GIBBINGS). JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE 
NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF 
H.M.S. BEAGLE... Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1956. Tall quarto 
(7-1/2" x 12") bound in full sailcloth stamped in brown with a native 
tapa design; 490 pages. Introduction by Sir Gavin de Beer. Illustrated 
with text wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Copy #1350 of 1500 SIGNED 
by the artist on the colophon page. Slipcase is a later plain black 
slipcase supplied by the publisher. Noticeable spotting (foxing) to 
spine of book which makes it Very Good; otherwise, the book is fine. 
Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. (#005455)        $200.00

2.  DARWIN, Charles (Robert GIBBINGS). JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE 
NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF 
H.M.S. BEAGLE... Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1956. 490 pages. Tall 
quarto (7-1/2" x 12") bound in full sailcloth stamped in brown with a 
native tapa design. Introduction by Sir Gavin de Beer. Illustrated with 
text wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Copy #1307 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Very slight 
darkening to the spine of the book. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 
(#013222)        $300.00

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3.  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 #1089 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Fine in a Fine slipcase. 
(#005400)        $150.00

4.  DARWIN, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. 
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in 
green 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 #631 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Touch of sunning to the spine. 
Just about Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. (#010394)        $150.00

5.  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. (#015943)        $175.00

6.  DARWIN, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. 
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in 
black 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. Light rubbing to spine tips. Near 
Fine in lightly worn glassine and a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. 
(#015944)        $150.00

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7.  DARWIN, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Adelaide: Limited 
Editions Club, 1963. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound with a black wallaby 
hide spine impressed in gold leaf with a symbolic design and bearing a 
green inlaid label on which the title and author are stamped in gold; 
sides are wood veneer; 504 pages. Copy #1087 of 1500 printed on 
Australian smooth cream-tone paper by the Griffin Press in Australia 
under the supervision of Douglas Dunstan. Introduction by Sir Charles G. 
Darwin, grandson of the author. With 71 illustrations engraved in wood 
by Paul Landacre, 6 of them full-page two-color engravings. Issued 
unsigned. Very small scratch to the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase. A 
beautiful book. (#015851)        $300.00

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