The Descent of Man
by Charles Darwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
This used leather bound book is in very good condition. The pages are crisp and clean. The gilt edges are free of any scratches. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out. The spine is neat.
Synopsis
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, On The Origin of Species. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of Palm Desert Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20230429E01
- Title
- The Descent of Man
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 362
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biology;
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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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....