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Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. JOHN MURRAY 1868 8vo, first edition, one of 1,500 copies (of which this is one of 1,250 first issue copies), presentation copy inscribed by Darwin on the front endpaper to his daughter Henrietta ("Henrietta Darwin | from Her Father"), with the later ownership beneath of the author's granddaughter, the artist Gwen Raverat (née Darwin), volume 2 also with Gwen's signature dated 1928, pencil revisions and markings on several pages of the text, apparently for the second edition of 1875, with at least two leaves with related annotations and revisions, apparently in Henrietta's hand, inserted alongside, 43 woodcut illustrations, five errata on p.vi of volume 1 and nine in seven lines on p.viii of volume 2, 32pp. advertisements dated April 1867 at the end of volume 1, one leaf of advertisements dated February 1868 at the end of volume 2, original smooth green cloth decorated in blind and with spines lettered gilt (with first issue imprint), dark green endpapers, some slight spotting at the beginning and end, some slight wear to edges of binding, cloth nicked at head and base of the spine; [together with:] Biographical Sketch of an Infant. [offprint from] Mind A Quarterly Review. No. 7. July 1877, also presentation copy from Darwin to Henrietta, inscribed in the hand of the recipient ("H.E. Litchfield | from C. Darwin"), 6 leaves, pamphlet, originally pinned to advertisement leaf at the end of volume 1of work above, some slight spotting, pin-holes