Item #011696 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Charles Darwin.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #011696

Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. Orig. russet cloth, gilt title to spine, black stamped borders to front board, stamped in blind to rear board. 447 pp., [1] folding chart, [8] pp. publisher's ads at rear. Cloth is lightly rubbed and stained, scuffed at spine. Rubbing to extremities. Spine darkened and tilted. Wear to corners. Rear hinge starting. Ink ownership inscription to ffep dated 1872. Some staining and foxing to folding chart. A very good copy of the corrected 5th edition, the fifth being the first to include the famous phrase "survival of the fittest," which had appeared in other works by Alfred Russel Wallace and Darwin before this but wasn't added to this seminal work until the 1869 5th edition.

Price: $1,150.00

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