The Origin of Species by Means of natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. New York: Hurst and Company, No date. Reprint. Octavo. xix, 501pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece Darwin portrait engraving. Reprinted from the sixth London edition, with all additions and corrections. The ground breaking work on evolution with “Historical Sketch” of the progress of opinion in the origin of species, previously to the publications of the first edition of his work. Binding with wear along edges, some light fraying at tail of spine, joints rubbed. Book block with light age-toning. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (35927) $50