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On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
by Darwin, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions, 1987. High quality facimile of the 1859 first edition. Very dark forest green leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046454
- Title
- On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Publisher
- Gryphon Editions
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, AL
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- EVOLUTION VICTORIAN SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Edges
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