Darwin.Variation of Animals and Plants..

Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication,2 vol., first edition, first issue, mixed set, illustrations, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 at end of vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, vol.2 spotted at beginning and end, [Freeman 877; GM 224.1], 1868; The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, second edition, 32pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, rubbed, 1875; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, first edition, embossed publishers' presentation stamp on title, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, 1881, all original green cloth, rubbed, the first with vol.1 slightly cockled, vol.2 with upper cover very damp-stained, [Freeman 877; 836 & 1357], 8vo(4)

***The first "represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was published in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two chapters." Freeman..