The Origin of Species
London: Murray, 1860. Second. hardcover. Very good. Item #2302021
The second edition in original cloth, very good but for moisture stain in top corner of front endpapers. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime, and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind, gilt spine.
Price: $9,500.00
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