On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles - 1878

D. Appleton & Company. Fair. 1898. Hardcover. ; Three quarter maroon leather bound cover with marbled boards is frayed at corners and spine. An old crude spine repair is covering the original leather spine strip and the original spine label is taped to the spine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are toned but clean and very good. .

New edition, from the sixth English edition, with additions and corrections. Octavo. Half title page with ads on the verso. Original gilt and black stamped brick red cloth. Yellow coated endpapers, folding chart at page 91. No dust jacket. Good (corners worn; light chipping at head and base of spine). 458 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Freeman 425.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [2], 2-458, [2] pp. Orange-red cloth with decorations stamped in black on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with one folding plate. A new edition from the sixth English edition with additions and corrections. A nice example of a later edition of Darwin's monumental work on evolution, a revolutionary text in the field of biological sciences. Minor rubbing to the extremities and a few small pencil marginalia, a contemporary owner's name on the free front endpaper.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (small). With additions and corrections from sixth and last English edition. Two volumes in one. Orig. russet cloth, gilt title to spine, black stamped borders to front board, stamped in blind to rear board. xxvi, 339 pp., [1] folding chart. Cloth is damp stained and soiled. Rubbing to extremities. Spine darkened and tilted. Wear to corners of front board. Staining to edges of text block. Light damp staining to top and tail edges of front endpapers. Short tear to foot of ffep. Some pencil marginalia. One inch tear to foot of folding chart. A later printing of the corrected and expanded American edition of Darwin's revolutionary work, based off the sixth and final English edition (1872, the last edition published in Darwin's lifetime). Includes Chapter VIII: Instinct.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [2], 2-458, [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with two black borders on each board, gilt lettering and rules on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. New edition, from the sixth English edition, with additions and corrections. A sharp example of a later edition of Darwin's monumental treatise on biology, forever changing the field. A touch of wear to the cloth, an 1877 name on the first blank leaf.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 20 x 13 cm. Octavo. 447pp [8pp] ads. Half-title. Fold-out lithographic diagram opposite page 114 in nice condition. Bound into brown pebbled cloth. Stated fifth (American) edition. Spine is sun toned and the head and tail are chipped. There is some discoloration to the title page from what looks like a newspaper clipping lay for many years. Binding is tight. Freeman F390b.

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1871. Octavo. . 5th edition with additions and corrections. Half-title, 447pp., (8)pp. publisher's ads. Darwin's work introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Bound in publisher's brown pebble grained embossed cloth, spine lettering faded, yellow endpapers, marginal faint damp stain to lower corners not affecting text, wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name E. K. Boyle, dated 1871, who was a prominent lawyer of Belfast, Maine. A very good copy.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (small). Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. Orig. russet cloth, gilt title to spine, black stamped borders to front board, stamped in blind to rear board. 447 pp., [1] folding chart, [8] pp. publisher's ads at rear. Cloth is lightly rubbed and stained, scuffed at spine. Rubbing to extremities. Spine darkened and tilted. Wear to corners. Rear hinge starting. Ink ownership inscription to ffep dated 1872. Some staining and foxing to folding chart. A very good copy of the corrected 5th edition, the fifth being the first to include the famous phrase "survival of the fittest," which had appeared in other works by Alfred Russel Wallace and Darwin before this but wasn't added to this seminal work until the 1869 5th edition.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869. Fourth American Edition, First Printing . Brown Pebbled Cloth, Gilt. Very Good. Folding Chart. 116 Pp, 116* - 121*, 117-425; 426-432 [Supplement]; 443-440; 2 Pp Ads At Rear. "A New Edition Revised And Augmented By The Author" Containing The Entire Fourth British Edition, With Additions And Corrections From The 1869 British Fifth Edition Added As Asterisked Pages And In A Supplement At End, Indicating Corrections/Insertions To Be Made Throughout This Fourth Edition To Update It To The Fifth Edition (But Not Including Heading "Survival Of The Fittest" Which Occurred In That Edition). Catalog At End, Beginning With Page 2, No Page One But Apparently As Bound And Issued [Perhaps To Remove A Now Obsolete Listing For The Fourth Edition Of This Work?], Continuing With P. 3. Original Pebbled Brown Cloth Covers With Slight Wear, Fading To Cloth, Evenly Colored And Without The Usual Fading, Gilt Clear, Original Yellow Endpapers With Solid Hinges, Pages Clean, Square… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869. Fourth American Edition, First Printing . Brown Pebbled Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine. Folding Chart. 116 Pp, 116* - 121*, 117-425; 426-432 [Supplement]; 443-440; 2 Pp Ads At Rear. "A New Edition Revised And Augmented By The Author" Containing The Entire Fourth British Edition, With Additions And Corrections From The 1869 British Fifth Edition Added As Asterisked Pages And In A Supplement At End, Indicating Corrections/Insertions To Be Made Throughout The Fourth Edition To Update It To The Fifth Edition (But Not Including Heading "Survival Of The Fittest" Which Occurred In That Edition). Catalog At End, Beginning With Page 2, No Page One But Apparently As Bound And Issued [Perhaps To Remove A Now Obsolete Listing For The Fourth Edition Of This Work?], Continuing With P. 3. Original Pebbled Brown Cloth Covers With No Wear, No Fraying Or Tears, Evenly Colored And Without The Usual Fading, Gilt Bright But Now With Some Reddish Toning, Original Yellow Endpapers With… Read More