Item #000010482 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Charles Darwin.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [2], 2-458, [2] pp. Orange-red cloth with decorations stamped in black on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with one folding plate. A new edition from the sixth English edition with additions and corrections. A nice example of a later edition of Darwin's monumental work on evolution, a revolutionary text in the field of biological sciences. Very Good. Item #000010482

Minor rubbing to the extremities and a few small pencil marginalia, a contemporary owner's name on the free front endpaper.

Price: $250.00

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