Charles Darwin Fertilisation of Orchids 1877 1st American edition HC free S/H

Description: The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects. By Charles Darwin. Second Edition, Revised. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First American edition (from the second London edition). Terracotta cloth. xvi, 300 pp. followed by 8 pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with black and white figures in the text. Heavy rubbing and wear to exterior. Chipping and fraying to the cloth at the spine ends. Soiling to covers. Hinges tender. Some small dampstains to top of textblock, affecting a small amount of the top margins throughout. Contemporary ownership signature (Miss Julia A. Robinson, dated 1877) to front free endpaper. Front free endpaper with some closed tears at fore-edge. Half title toned, with a pencil note about the edition, and some offsetting from the ownership signature. Pages toned and somewhat brittle. One gathering of pages (227 - 246) partially detached. Dampstaining visible at lower fore-corners to varying degrees, mostly confined to the margins. Rear hinge exposed. Free Priority Mail shipping in the US. International shipping at cost via the global shipping program. Please contact me with questions.

Price: 200 USD

Location: Somerville, Massachusetts

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