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The Origin of Species
de Charles Darwin
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Murray, 1878. Very Good. London: John Murray, 1878. Sixth Edition (Twentieth Thousand), with additions and corrections. Octavo. 458 pp., with half title and folding plate facing page 91. Bound in contemporary quarter calf; five raised bands, gilt decorating and black title label to spine; marbled edges and endpapers.
Boards worn along edges with exposure, corners bumped, rubbing to joints, and surface cracking to spine. Recent repair to joints; scraping with surface loss to endpapers; binding holding soundly. Bookplate of tea planter Henry Randolph Trafford to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to preliminaries; text block a bit stiff but pages unmarked and legible throughout.
A Very Good later printing of the sixth edition, which was originally published in 1872 and was the first to include the word "evolution" though all editions included "evolved" as the final word of text.
Boards worn along edges with exposure, corners bumped, rubbing to joints, and surface cracking to spine. Recent repair to joints; scraping with surface loss to endpapers; binding holding soundly. Bookplate of tea planter Henry Randolph Trafford to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to preliminaries; text block a bit stiff but pages unmarked and legible throughout.
A Very Good later printing of the sixth edition, which was originally published in 1872 and was the first to include the word "evolution" though all editions included "evolved" as the final word of text.
Sinopsis
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published 24 November 1859, is a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 26410
- Título
- The Origin of Species
- Autor
- Charles Darwin
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1878
Términos de venta
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
Sobre Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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