first edition contemporary half-cloth
1838 · London
by DARWIN, CHARLES
London: R. and J.E. Taylor, 1838. first edition. contemporary half-cloth. Very Good. DARWIN'S FIRST SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION; WITH OTHER PAPERS ESTABLISHING HIS REPUTATION AS A GEOLOGIST ON THE BEAGLE AND REPORTING EVIDENCE THAT WOULD UNDERGIRD HIS LATER THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. Even before Darwin returned from his nearly five-year journey as the geologist aboard the Beagle word began to circulate about some of his discoveries. The first of Darwin's reports in this collection, "Geological notes made during a survey of the east and west coasts of S. America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835" appeared in the Proceedings of the Geological Society (truncated)