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396 - Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, [second edition, second issue] fifth thousand, half-title with 3 quotations on verso, folding lithographed diagram by William West after Darwin facing p.117, some spotting, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a bright, clean copy, original blind-stamped green cloth (Freeman's variant b) with Edmonds and Remnants ticket at rear, spine lettered in gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, small ink mark to spine but overall a near fine copy, [Freeman 376b; Norman 594], 8vo, John Murray, 1860.
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Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, [second edition, second issue] fifth thousand, half-title with 3 quotations on verso, folding lithographed diagram by William West after Darwin facing p.117, some spotting, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a bright, clean copy, original blind-stamped green cloth (Freeman's variant b) with Edmonds and Remnants ticket at rear, spine lettered in gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, small ink mark to spine but overall a near fine copy, [Freeman 376b; Norman 594], 8vo, John Murray, 1860. *** An excellent example of the scarce second edition, considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition".
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