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Lot 306
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants...second edition, revised. London: John Murray, 1875.
8vo. Half-title; illustrations in the text; 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt-stamped spine (upper hinge slightly starting at half-title, spine with tiny tear near middle). Provenance: Arthur Acton (1873-1953) English art collector (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. This "second edition, revised" first appeared in the ninth volume of the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1865) and was also printed as a pamphlet and offprint in the same year. Freeman 836.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas