3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated. 20th-century half green crushed levant gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Marie Tudor Garland (bookplate). 

 

Later edition, “Seventh Thousand,” preceded by the first edition published in 1887. Proving incredibly popular, the work was printed 5 times throughout the first year, and underwent minor corrections with each subsequent printing.  Darwin intended his autobiography for his children, not publication, and it was edited to “avoid giving offence to his widow” (Freeman 172).