The Descent of Man and Selection in the Relation to Sex

by Darwin, Charles
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Hardback 8vo: two volumes: first edition, first issue. Volume 1: i-viii, 1-424. Volume 2: i-viii, inserted postscript, 1-147. Both volumes with 16pp advertising insert from January 1871 at the rear. Numerous black and white illustrations. Bound in original publisher’s green cloth: blind tooled with gilt titles to spines. Condition: very good. Spines rubbed; owner plate to front pastedown; moderate foxing to first pages. This first-issue copy has the word “transmitted” on p 297 of volume 1; volume 2 includes errata on verso of title page and printer’s note on verso half-title, and Darwin’s note on a “serious and unfortunate error” on p 2 of volume 1, the word “evolution” occurs for the first time in any of Darwin’s works.
  • Format: Hardback
  • Author: Darwin, Charles
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Publisher: Murray
  • First Edition:  Yes