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The autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809-1882 : with original omissions restored / edited with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow.
LIBRA - Rare QH31.D2 A16 1969 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, author.
- Series:
- Norton library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Naturalists--England--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- England.
- Biology--history.
- Biology.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Biography.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biology--history.
- Biology.
- Local Subjects:
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Advertisements.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- 253 pages, 1 unnumbered page : facsimile, genealogical table, portraits ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969, 1958.
- Contents:
- The Autobiography
- Appendix : On Charles Darwin and his grandfather Dr. Erasmus Darwin
- The Darwin-Butler controversy
- Notes : Unpublished letter from Dr. Erasmus Darwin to his son Robert
- How Dr. Robert Darwin's objections to the voyage were overcome
- The Pencil notes of 1837-8 : "This is the question"
- Mrs. Darwin's papers on religion
- On Charles Darwin's ill-health
- Page and line references to previously omitted passages.
- Notes:
- First printing in Norton Library, 1969. Copyright ©1958 by Nora Barlow.--verso of title page.
- Advertisements: [1] page at end.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- ISBN:
- 0393004872
- 9780393004878
- OCLC:
- 7670412
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