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On The Origin of Species. By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. (Twenty-Eighth Thousand).
by DARWIN, CHARLES:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1885 6th edition, 28th thou.. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In green blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind paneled boards. Brown endpapers. In good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. A few small marks to front board. Faint name inscription on front endpaper dated 1885 (Henry W. Carr). Inside some light foxing, else generally clean & tight. xxi + 458pp. 32pp catalogue. Folding plate. Darwin’s critical work on the theory of evolution.
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- Title
- On The Origin of Species. By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. (Twenty-Eighth Thousand).
- Author
- DARWIN, CHARLES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray, 1885 6th edition, 28th thou.
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY DARWIN, CHARLES: On The Origin of Species, Natural History, By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1885, (28th Thousand), theory, evo
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