GRAY, ASA, A COLLECTION OF 15 VOLUMES, 19TH CENTURY (15 VOL.)

a) A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. Boston and Cambridge, 1848, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, rebacked retaining much of original spine; b) Botany for Young People and Common Schools. New York: American Book Company, [n.d.], illustrations, original morocco-backed printed boards, somewhat worn; c) Darwiniana. New York, 1876, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author's wife, original cloth, very slightly rubbed; d) Another edition. Cambridge (Mass.), 1963, Ashley Montagu's copy with his signature, original cloth, dust-jacket; e) Botanical Text-Book. New York: American Book Company, [1879], 2 volumes, sixth edition, illustrations, original cloth; f) Natural Science and Religion. New York, 1880, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; g) Letters. London, 1893, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth; and 6 others, 8vo and 4to (15)

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