DARWIN, CHARLES. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PUB 1864, NEW YORK NY, 1864.

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Description: DARWIN ON-LINE INDICATES THE FOLLOWING PRINTINGS 1860 (4 ISSUES),1861,1864,1865,1867,1868,1869,1870,1870 (5TH ED) PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BROWN MUSLIN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES, LIGHT YELLOW (BUFF) COATED ENDPAPERS. VERY SLIGHT RUB WEAR TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE ENDS WITH A FAINT DAMP MARK AT THE BOTTOM FORE-EDGE CORNERS OF THE PRELIMINARY LEAVES AND SOME LIGHT SCATTERED FOXING TO THE TEXT. A VERY NICE CLEAN TIGHT WELL PRESERVED AND COMPLETE COPY OF THIS RARE CIVIL WAR ERA PRINTING. This copy has the 3 quotes on the page facing title, the " A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED BY THE AUTHOR" on title page, the 6 starred repeated numbered pages 116-121 between 116 and 117, the 6 page Supplement pp 426-432 following p 425, and Darwin's 7 page preface (v-x1) dated Feb 1860.

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