Faber and Faber Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1977 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full green clothes, no dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 318 pages
many figures, back and white, and colors 1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Foreword by Dr. Sydney Smith - The origins of Charles Darwin - First discoveries - The man who walked with Henslow - The plants of the Beagle - Home is the sailor - These facts origin of all my views - At last gleams of light have come - Hurrah for my species work - The quiet war - The great migrations - A millionaire in odd and curious little facts - Hops, hooks and tendrils - Man's gigantic experiment - Mayhem and murder in the plant world - Darwin's hero, rule and method - Legitimate and illegitimate marriages - The sleep of plants and other matters - Memorial - Glossary of botanical terms - Bibliography (4 pages) - Index no dust-jacket, else fine copy, no markings