THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION BY CHARLES DARWIN 1889

[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, 1889.

SIXTH EDITION, with additions and corrections to 1872 [thirty-seventh thousand]. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19 x 12 x 4 cm.), pp. xxi, 458. English text. Publisher's original green cloth with blind-panelled covers, spine lettered in gilt, page edges trimmed, patterned endpapers, half-title, folding chart between p.90-p91, printed footnotes, glossary and index to rear. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with very slight bumping to spine ends. Interior well-preserved being largely fresh and clean - just a touch of browning to endpapers. Previous owner signature in pencil to front endpaper.