Charles Darwin; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1901, John Murray
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles Darwin, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.S. With Portrait.
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Published by John Murray, London, 1901. January 1901 Reprint, Ninth to Thirteenth Thousand inclusive.
A very good green cloth hardback with gilt title to spine, and art nouveau style design to front. Mild bumping and wear to extremities. Endpapers at front with ink stamp. Offsetting to first and last free endpapers and spotting to portrait leaf and tissue guard. Soundly bound.
Text is bright and clean throughout and fold-out plate is in excellent condition. Dust-toning to top edge of text block. An attractive volume.
Text in English.
xxxi + 703pp + fold-out plate (as called for).
Dimensions: approx 203mm high x 140mm wide x 35mm deep.
Weight: approximately 657g (unpacked).