THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: A Sketch Written in 1842
by Darwin, Charles
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- first
- Condition
- Cloth bound with paper covered boards; Modest wear and bumping to spine ends; Some soil, rubbing to covers and a small scar to l
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About This Item
Cambridge: The University Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth bound with paper covered boards; Modest wear and bumping to spine ends; Some soil, rubbing to covers and a small scar to lower corner of front cover.. Edited by Francis Darwin; Limited private printing with statement "Presented by the syndics of the university press to M. de Margerie on the occasion of the celebration at Cambridge of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Origin of the Species ... Cambridge, 23 June, 1909"; Recipients name written in; Frontis photo of Darwin with facing tissue; xxii, 53 pages; Page edges untrimmed; Ownership label of Melvin Edward Jahn on front paste-down (Freeman, 1555).
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- By The Way Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30283
- Title
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: A Sketch Written in 1842
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth bound with paper covered boards; Modest wear and bumping to spine ends; Some soil, rubbing to covers and a small scar to l
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1909
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