The Origin of Species CHARLES DARWIN 1st Edition Thus, Illustrated HC w/DJ

Description: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. New York. Avenel Books. 1979. First Edition Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. The Origin of Species, a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin, is considered to be a foundation of evolutionary biology. Illustrated throughout, this book is a valuable and enjoyable historical document, well worth reading. The Origin of Species was first published in England on November 24, 1859. The book presented evidence for Darwin’s scientific theory that species evolved over time through natural selection and common ancestry. Darwin considered the volume a short abstract of the ideas he'd been developing for decades since his five-year journey in the 1830s to the South American coast, the Galapagos Islands, and other regions on the British ship H.M.S. Beagle. Except from The Guardian review published on Feb 8, 2008 by Tim Radford: “Origin is part of the literary canon: Darwin joins Aristotle and St Augustine, Shakespeare, Milton and Stuart Mill, Dickens, Dostoevsky and Balzac in that pantheon of texts that provide the foundations of western culture. Origin meets the test of a great book: it mattered then, and it matters now. Its publication changed the world, and yet it can be read again and again, even in that changed world.” CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. The cover is worn, soiled, and scuffed. The dust jacket is worn, ripped, and scuffed. Pages have turned yellow from age. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Claremont, California

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