Charles Darwin - The Origin of Species - 1902

The Origin of Species
By Means of Natural Selection or
The Preservation of Favoured
Races in the Struggle for Life
By Charles Darwin, M.A.,
L.L.D., F.R.S.

‘The Origin of Species’ is considered a milestone in scientific progress, and the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had collected on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.

Item Description
Scarce copy of one of the most important works of scientific study ever published. The book is illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece of Darwin, and fold-out plate. Published by John Murray, London, 1902. Publisher’s original green cloth with black blind stamped decoration, and title in dark green to front board. Spine lettered in gilt.

Book Dimensions: 20 x 14 cm and Number of Pages: 703

Condition
External covers with some age faded staining marks, and light wear to corners and edges. Internally; the book in good condition. Small yellow label with printed details of a book-seller on top inside front cover page. Pages are clean, with light foxing to first and last blank free endpaper pages, and some faded marks on the page edges. The book is firmly bound with no missing, detached or loose pages (Please see pictures).