ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
by Charles Darwin
D. Appleton and Company. Collectible - Acceptable. 1868, Appleton, early US edition, brown cloth, edgewear, wear to corners and spine heel, about 1 3/4 inch of backstrip at spine head is missing, tears to backstrip at sides, front hinge cracked, owner stamp to front pastedown, pencil notes to page opposite half-title, owner name in pencil to title page, foxing and pencil underlining to some pages, pencil arrows in some margins, o/w clean, hinge cracked in a couple of places but binding still sound, diagram opposite p108 is in very good condition, no dust jacket, (photo on Amazon shows frontis of Darwin - our copy does not have a frontis, not sure if it ever did). (Inventory #: B21814-N)