'The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants' by Charles Darwin with illustrations by George Darwin. Original green cloth with gilt tooling, ix prelims and pp.208 with black and white illustrations throughout the text. Second edition, 1891.   

Following the 1859 publication of Origin of Species, Darwin set out to produce evidence for his theory of natural selection. Initially, Darwin spent much time in studying plants to achieve this aim. This book stands second in line to his first work on plants, On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, first published in 1862.

     This copy of Darwin's work on climbing plants remains in good condition externally with some damage internally, but nonetheless remaining complete and handsome. 

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