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DARWIN (CHARLES)
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, John Murray, 1860

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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DARWIN (CHARLES)

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue ( with "Fifth Thousand" on title), half-title, folding lithographed table, 32pp. of advertisements (dated January 1860) at end, brown endpapers, small circular blindstamp "George Adams, Bookseller, Tamworth" on front free endpaper, publisher's dark green blindstamped cloth gilt-lettered on spine, with Edmonds & Remnants binder's label inside lower cover, extremities of spine slightly frayed, short split to one corner of lower joint but generally fresh with bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine [Freeman 176], 8vo, John Murray, 1860

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