THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (The Thinker's library, No. 8): A Book That Wrought a World Revolution in the World of Thought
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- Seller
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
This rare book is in very good condition. The dust jacket has some chipping at the edges. Still an attractiver copy of this hard-to-find edition. There are 434 pages including index.
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
- Masons' Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00510
- Title
- THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (The Thinker's library, No. 8)
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Last (Sixth) Edition
- Publisher
- Watt's & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 434
- Size
- 6.5" X 4.25"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Darwin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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