DARWIN, Charles

The Origin of Species [Two Volume Set]

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8 in. xxvi, 365, vii, 338 pp. Very good in the original burnt orange cloth boards with black decor embossed on the covers and gilt tilting on the spine. The bindings are firm, as are the hinges, and the pages are clean and free of foxing. These copies have book plates on the interior front covers from a prior owner's personal library, as well as a small purple stamp of the same name. The lower end of each spine has the remnants of a small white sticker indicative of a private owner's attempts to catalog their own library. Very good. Item #5254

A handsome, early edition of a seminal work of science.

Price: $125.00