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DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection. New York: D. Appleton, 1860. 8° (195 x 129mm). Half title, one folding letterpress table (table lightly browned and tipped-in, upper margin of first c.50 pages lightly waterstained, text spotted and occasionally very lightly browned). Original green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (head and tail of spine chipped with loss of cloth, spine and title faded, corners bumped). Provenance: A.H. Goodrich (signature on title and front blank, dated 27 July 1860, and booklabel on pastedown).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION in the original cloth. Darwin's work 'marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no field of human intellectual endeavor that has not been influenced by the thought and fact of evolution' (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377; PMM 344.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION in the original cloth. Darwin's work 'marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no field of human intellectual endeavor that has not been influenced by the thought and fact of evolution' (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377; PMM 344.
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