Isbn: 9780814717882 - journal of researches, part two (the works of charles darwin) (2 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No dust jacket. Bound in green cloth. Book shows some very light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Reprints the text of the 1839 1st edition. 336 pp; 264 pp; 2 folding maps. Original cloth. Near Fine. Each volume is in print in cloth at US$99. ISBN for Vol. 2: 081471787X. 'Charles Robert Darwin (1809 1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new . edition makes it possible to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This complete edition contains all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original pagination with Darwin's indexes retained. The set also features a general introduction and index, and introductions to each volume' (NYU Press). 'Are they needed? To be sure. The Darwinian industry, industrious though it is, has failed to provide texts of more than a handful of Darwin's books. If you want to know what Darwin said about barnacles (still an essential reference to cirripedists, apart from any historical importance) you are forced to search shelves, or wait while someone does it for you; some have been in print for a century; various reprints have appeared and since vanished' (Eric Korn, Times Literary Supplement).…