THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION BY CHARLES DARWIN 1897

[DARWIN, CHARLES]. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1897.

SIXTH EDITION, with additions and corrections [forty-ninth thousand, stated]. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19.5cm x 12.5cm x 3.8cm), pp. xxi, 432. English text. Bound publisher's original green cloth, gilt titles to spine, patterned endpapers, half-title, folding chart between p.90-p91, printed footnotes, glossary and index to rear. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square, with trivial bumping to spine ends, the covers very well-preserved. Interior largely fresh and clean with very light toning, previous owner details to front endpaper and title-page. A handsome copy.