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

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

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[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 [thirty-seventh thousand, stated]; cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (19.5cm x 12.5cm x 3.8cm); pp. xxi, 458, [32] advertisements; English text; publisher's original green cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind-panelled boards, patterned endpapers, half-title, folding chart between p.90-p91; printed footnotes; glossary and index to rear. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with very light bumping to spine ends, the covers very well-preserved. The interior largely fresh and clean with just a touch of foxing to endpapers; previous owner name in pencil to front endpaper. A wonderful copy.