Darwin, Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

London: John Murray, 1881. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #012388

Second edition (fourteenth thousand), revised and augmented. Two volumes in one. Orig. green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind stamped borders to front board. xvi, 693 pp. With illustrations in text. Chafing to boards extremities. Spine darkened and tilted. A few spots of soiling and damp staining to front board. Wear to corners. Light foxing to front matter. Cracked at rear hinge. Cracking to inner hinge at half-title and a p. 529. Ink ownership inscription of H.G. Lumsden, Aberdeenshire. Some pencil marginalia.

Price: $400.00