The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Volume I)
by Darwin, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. authorized edition. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth lettered in somewhat dull gilt on spine. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed. Light soiling and rubbing. Browned spine. Shaken and cracked binding and clean text. Lightly browned pages. Gilt on upper page edges rubbed and scuffed. Former owner name on ffep. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages .
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- Seller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11540
- Title
- The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Volume I)
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- authorized edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science / Life Science;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...