DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand . London: John Murray 1860. 8°-in-12s (198 x 123mm). Folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, gilt spine (corners a little bumped, inner hinges just starting to split). Provenance : Ralph Carr (contemporary ink signature to half-title with place of Hedgeley) -- marginal light pencil annotation in a near contemporary hand to p.217.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand . London: John Murray 1860. 8°-in-12s (198 x 123mm). Folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, gilt spine (corners a little bumped, inner hinges just starting to split). Provenance : Ralph Carr (contemporary ink signature to half-title with place of Hedgeley) -- marginal light pencil annotation in a near contemporary hand to p.217. Second edition, second issue. Three thousand copies were printed - the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime - and is the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Freeman 376.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand . London: John Murray 1860. 8°-in-12s (198 x 123mm). Folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, gilt spine (corners a little bumped, inner hinges just starting to split). Provenance : Ralph Carr (contemporary ink signature to half-title with place of Hedgeley) -- marginal light pencil annotation in a near contemporary hand to p.217.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand . London: John Murray 1860. 8°-in-12s (198 x 123mm). Folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Occasional light scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, gilt spine (corners a little bumped, inner hinges just starting to split). Provenance : Ralph Carr (contemporary ink signature to half-title with place of Hedgeley) -- marginal light pencil annotation in a near contemporary hand to p.217. Second edition, second issue. Three thousand copies were printed - the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime - and is the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Freeman 376.
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