DARWIN - SELECTED WORKS ... t. I-VIII (complete in 9 vols.)

DARWIN KAROL

SELECTED WORKS

t. I-VIII (complete in 9 vols.)

volume I - Voyage on the Beagle ship
volume II - On the Origin of Species
volume III-I - Variability of Animals and Plants in the State of Domestication (Part I)
volume III-II - Variability of Animals and Plants in the State of Domestication (Part II)
volume IV - On the Origin of Man
volume V - Sexual Selection
volume VI - On the Expression of Affection in Man and Animals
volume VII - Effects of Crossbreeding and Self-Propagation
in the plant world [first Polish edition!]
volume VIII - Autobiography and a selection of letters

Published by PWRIL 1959-60, format 17x24.5 cm

HARDCOVER IN FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, DECORATIVE SPINE : RAISED SCROLLS, GILT AND EMBOSSED, COVERS SURROUNDED BY THICK BLIND EMBOSSED LINE, INSIDE BLIND EMBOSSED DECORATIVE BORDERS. INSIDE COVERS BORDERED WITH GILDED SLIPCASE. PAGE EDGES STAINED.

LUXURIOUS BINDING!

BDB condition/ minor corner creases on covers of 2 volumes, BEAUTIFUL Piece.