On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation Of Favored Races In The Struggle For Life (Revised Fourth Edition With Changes Shown For Fifth Edition)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869. Fourth American Edition, First Printing . Brown Pebbled Cloth, Gilt. Very Good. Folding Chart. 116 Pp, 116* - 121*, 117-425; 426-432 [Supplement]; 443-440; 2 Pp Ads At Rear. "A New Edition Revised And Augmented By The Author" Containing The Entire Fourth British Edition, With Additions And Corrections From The 1869 British Fifth Edition Added As Asterisked Pages And In A Supplement At End, Indicating Corrections/Insertions To Be Made Throughout This Fourth Edition To Update It To The Fifth Edition (But Not Including Heading "Survival Of The Fittest" Which Occurred In That Edition). Catalog At End, Beginning With Page 2, No Page One But Apparently As Bound And Issued [Perhaps To Remove A Now Obsolete Listing For The Fourth Edition Of This Work?], Continuing With P. 3. Original Pebbled Brown Cloth Covers With Slight Wear, Fading To Cloth, Evenly Colored And Without The Usual Fading, Gilt Clear, Original Yellow Endpapers With Solid Hinges, Pages Clean, Square And Crisp. A Very Scarce Edition, Apparently Issued For A Short Time Prior To The Regular 1870 American Printing Of The Fifth British Edition; "Darwin On Line" Shows 440 Pp., But States Same As 1863-1868 Editions And Makes No Mention Of The Asterisked Pages Or The Supplement For The Fifth Edition. Folding Plate Present, Facing P. 108.