2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxvi, 365; vii, 338. with half-titles. folding diagram. contemporary half morocco, t.e.g. (spines & corners worn). "Prepared under the advice of Lyell and Hooker, this was Darwin s greatest work and one of the most important books ever published�The evidence for the existence of evolution and that it resulted from the survival of the fittest by natural selection is marshaled and set out as never before. Garrison considered this "the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of science". Darwin s influence on biology was fundamental, its full implications being by no means yet exhausted." (Garrison & Morton) Freeman 458a. cfGarrison & Morton 220. cfGrolier/Horblit 23b. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344b.

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The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation Of Favored Races In The Struggle For Life�With Additions And Corrections From The Sixth And Last English Edition.

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New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1899.

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D. & E. Lake Ltd.
239 King Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1J9, Canada

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