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The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
by DARWIN, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1900.. 8vo. (xxxii), 703, (1) pp. Publisher's leaf green cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, further lettering and decoration to the upper board, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Portrait frontispiece and a folding diagram. Slight darkening to the spine, mild rubbing to the extremities, very good. Freeman, 467. The first issue to appear in this leaf green cloth.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43929
- Title
- The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray
- Date Published
- 1900.
- Keywords
- Natural History
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...