Description: On The Origin of Speciesby Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin First US edition, first printing, first issue of Darwin's landmark text New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. 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. First American edition, first printing, first issue with two quotes opposite the title page. A Near Fine copy, expertly rebacked, light rubbing to cloth, small stain to edge, contemporary ownership inscription to front paste down and title page, light foxing and occasional offsetting to contents. 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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Year Printed: 1860
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Biological Science
Binding: Hardcover
Region: United States
Author: Charles Darwin
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: D. Appleton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Printing, 1st Issue, 1st Edition
