On the Origin of Species

by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

$127,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First Edition, one of only 1250 copies. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound with half-title and without publisher’s adverts. Folding diagram lithographed by W. West. Late 19th-century half brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, raised bands, marbled sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, brown silk bookmarker. Red morocco book label of Valentine Hollingsworth 1883-1942 . Front joint repaired. Light rubbing, slight darkening to spine, a few light spots

• Binding: Leather

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