On the Origin of the Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
On the Origin of the Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
[5], vi-ix, [2], 2-502pp, [1], 2-32pp. Original embossed cloth, title, author, and publisher in gilt to spine, chocolate coloured endpapers. Later recased on an Oxford hollow, corners gently bumped, couple of minor bumps to board edges, minor rubbing to extremities. Internally some light foxing, especially to first two sections, an old repair to tiny tears to fore edge of half title and title, former owner's name and address to front endpaper, but generally fairly clean. With the folding lithographic chart by William West between pages 116 and 117; 32pp of adverts dated January 1860 to rear. Bookseller's label of Folthorp of Brighton to front pastedown, and the binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to lower pastedown. Now housed in a cloth drop back box with title and author in gilt to spine, made by Temple Bookbinders. The fifth thousand, or second edition second issue, though not so-called on the title page, one of three thousand copies, with the misprint 'speceies' corrected and the whale-bear story diluted (see Freeman, page 78), binding variant 'a' with upright of L in London over right hand upright of H in John. Freeman 376
1860
Good+
Second Edition
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