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Darwin, Charles & Burkhardt, Frederick [editor, and] Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project.
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Anniversary Set 1821-1860.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge;
Date of Publication: 2009
Stock Code: 12227
Eight volumes, octavo: pp., xxix, [3], 702; xxxiii, [5], 603,[3]; xxix, 123, [1]; xxxiii, [3], 711, [3]; xxix, [3], 705, [3]; xxix, [3], 672, [4]; xxxv, [3], 671, [3]; xxxvii, [3], 766, [4]. Publishers’ pictorial cream card wraps. Numerous pedigrees and monochrome illustrations including frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes. Single spine crease and corner crease to lower wrap of Volume I only otherwise covers clean and bright. No annotation or inscriptions- a Near Fine set. Award-winning edition of Darwin’s letters, making available for the first time the full authoritative texts of all known letters written both from and to Charles Darwin from 1821 to 1860, the latter period dominated by response to the publication of “On the Origin of Species”. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £170.00