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Darwin, Charles.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Publisher: John Murray, Albemarle Street, London;
Date of Publication: 1876
Stock Code: 15009
Sixth edition (with additions and corrections to 1872), eighteenth thousand. Octavo gathered in twelves, xxi, [1] blank, 458. Folding diagram facing p. 90. Collated and complete. Publisher’s original green cloth, titled in gilt to spine, geometric rolls in blind to boards; brown end-papers. A few minor spots of soiling to upper board, light shelf-wear to spine-tips, very light rubbing to lower board and to joints. Hinges sound. A few light spots of foxing to preliminaries. An excellent copy. The last edition of The Origin of Species with additions and corrections from Charles Darwin. This book represents the first appearance of the text as it was ultimately intended by the author, printed in 1,250 copies only. ‘This number is as small as any, being equaled only by that of the first edition[...] and is remarkably hard to come by’ (Freeman 80-1). The Origin of Species is the superlative work of natural knowledge: ‘certainly the most important biological book ever written’ (Freeman 49) which ‘revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things’ (PMM 344). £1500.00