Darwin And The Beagle
by Moorehead, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Van Nuys, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper and Row Publishers, NY, 1969; no statement of edition; large octavo (7 1/2" x 10 1/4"), 280 pages; sage cloth; blind stamped front board illustration of the Beagle ; gilt titles; illustrated. Alan Moorehead’s riveting account of 23 year old Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle to Brazil, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Peru, Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and other countries and islands along the way. Richly and profusely illustrated in both color and b&w with the works of contemporary artists, including the oil paintings and watercolors of Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens, official artists to the expedition. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5415
- Title
- Darwin And The Beagle
- Author
- Moorehead, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- NY,
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Natural History, Charles Darwin, H.M.S. Beagle, Galapagos Islands, Travel and Exploration, Evolution, Augustus Earle, Conrad Martens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
Terms of Sale
AARDWOLF Fine Books
All first editions are also first printings unless otherwise stated. All items guaranteed. Domestic and international shipping rates shown are based on a weight of 2.2 lbs. For heavier items we may contact you to let you know that extra shipping is required. Provided we receive prior notice, books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund, including shipping, as long as they are in the same condition as when originally sent.
About the Seller
AARDWOLF Fine Books
Biblio member since 2015
Van Nuys, California
About AARDWOLF Fine Books
Collectible fiction, nonfiction, and ephemera in a variety of subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...