“IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT FUTURE AGES WILL GIVE HIM THE SAME PRE-EMINENCE IN SCIENCE WHICH IS GIVEN TO SHAKESPEARE IN POETRY”

(DARWIN, Charles) WOODALL, Charles. Charles Darwin. A Paper Contributed to the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. London: Trübner, (1884). Slim octavo, original olive cloth. Slim octavo, original olive cloth, top edge gilt. $450.

First edition, with frontispiece photograph of Darwin and six illustrations.

A memoir of Charles Darwin written for the Shropshire Archaeological Society, focusing heavily on his early life and his connection to Shropshire as a native of Shrewsbury. Contemporary pencil owner signature.

Minor foxing to preliminary and concluding pages, inner paper hinges split, one small repair to spine and a bit of rubbing to original cloth. An extremely good copy.