The Origin of Species
by Darwin, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
D. Appleton and Company. Used - Acceptable. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. A New Edition, Revised and Augmented by the author. New York (American Edition). M.DCCC.LXI. Octavo. Plain faded brown boards with simple blindstamped border; Gilt lettering on spine. Light yellow endpapers. Bookseller blindstamp to front free endpaper. Previous owner's inscription to fly-leaf. Three blurbs opposite the title page. Preface is dated 1860. Mispagination from page 116-121. Contains fold-out diagram.
Synopsis
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published 24 November 1859, is a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species.
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- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FORT509128
- Title
- The Origin of Species
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
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About the Seller
Russell Books Ltd
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Russell Books Ltd
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