The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1901. [Later printing]. Pp xxxi, 703. Green cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine,  geometric design & blocked title to upper cover. Cloth lightly faded, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Frontispiece monochrome photograph of the author with facsimile signature.

Reprint of the popular impression of the sixth & last edition to be published in Darwin’s lifetime.

The source of much controversy in its day, this seminal text remains one of the most important works of the 19th century. First published in 1859, it had gone through six editions by 1872. The sixth, final ‘life-time’ edition is of importance, since it is the first to use the term ‘evolution’ in its text. [Freeman 438].