$1,300
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: John Murray, 1871. In two volumes. First edition, second (published) issue. 8vo. Complete with half-titles, and 16 pp. publisher's catalogues dated January, 1871 in rear of each volume, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, slightly cocked, a few corners bumped, joints and edges rubbed, other occasional light wear; all edges untrimmed; hinges starting, with front hinge separating from tet block, holding at top edge; spotting to endpapers; foxing to publisher's catalogues. From the library of (the Lady) Helena M. Carnegie and with her ownership signature, dated 1877, on half-title in each volume. Freeman 938.
"This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection." (Garrison & Morton 227)