Charles Darwin; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, John Murray, 1909

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With Illustrations.

Published by John Murray, London, April, 1909.

A good green cloth hardback with gilt title to spine, and art nouveau style design to front. Mild bumping and wear to extremities. 2cm split along vertical edge of tail of spine. Previous owner's ink stamps to endpapers.  There is a fair bit of movement in the spine, although all still securely bound.

Text is bright and clean throughout. With mild spotting to edge of text block and dust-toned top edge. Well illustrated with high quality illustrations.

Text in English.

xix + 1031pp + 2pp Publisher's advertisements (as called for). With illustrations in the text.

Dimensions: approx 203mm high x 140mm wide x 45mm deep.

Weight: approximately 928g (unpacked).