Darwin's Descent of Man 1871
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Author: Darwin, Charles
Title: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1871
Description:
Author: Darwin, Charles
Title: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1871
Description:
2 volumes. viii, 423, [1] + 16 ad; viii, 475, [1] + 16 ad pp. 19x12 cm. (7½x4¾"), original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition, Second Issue (with list of titles on verso of title page in Volume 2 in place of errata. Ads in both volumes dated January, 1871).
Darwin's seminal work on evolution, extending his earlier hypotheses on the creation of species to include man himself. Freeman 938.
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Some rubbing and staining to bindings, bubbles in front cover cloth of volume 2; hinges cracked at endpapers, rear free endpaper of volume 1 lacking, free endpapers in volume 2 detached; good to very good. Worthy of restoration.
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