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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
by Charles Darwin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
First American edition, first printing, first issue with two quotes/reviews opposite the title page. Near fine condition. 432 pp. Bound in publisher's green pebbled cloth decorated in blind, titles in gilt on the spine, original coated brown endpapers, folding chart intact. A Near Fine copy. Light rubbing to cloth at corners/tips. Light foxing and occasional offsetting to contents. Small tear at rear endpaper. Text is unaffected. No other interior marks (bar owner's name in pencil, remained for potential provenance). An immensely influential work, considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, in which Darwin postulates that species evolve over the course of generations through natural selection.
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- Bookseller
- Dogtown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4
- Title
- On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Near fine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st, 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
- Pages
- 432
- Size
- 8vo (8" X 5")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Darwin, Origin of Species
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Dogtown Books
Biblio member since 2019
Gloucester, Massachusetts
About Dogtown Books
We are an independent used book store on Main Street in Gloucester, Mass. specializing in rare and unusual finds.
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