<p>Edition and printing not stated. Book sits solid and square. Near Fine. Read once condition. Shelfwear to bottom edge of board. Tail of spine bumped.Foxing to top edge of text block. All corners sharp. No inscriptions or annotations. Contains 450pp. Dustjacket discolouration to inner jacket tail of spine creased jacket is buff coloured and shows dirt/dust marks. Not price clipped. Remnant of bookseller's bookplate to front panel. Bound in rust coloured board gilt lettering to spine white endpapers vignette on front board.</p> The Modern Library hardcover
John Murray. Collectible - Acceptable. 6th edition with additions and corrections to 1872 26th thousand. London: John Murray 1884. 5.5x9.25" green cloth hardcover 456p. Cover soiled with 1" tear at top of spine. No dust jacket. Bookplate inside. Pages loose; outer pages somewhat soiled but inner pages fairly clean. Last few pages of index missing. John Murray hardcover
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Hardcover. Good - Cash/No Jacket. Authorized Edition. Swirling colored hardboards red backstrip and corners; gold lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Heavy rubbing along the bottom edges boards exposed. Unmarked pages. Secure binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20101120154829 ISBN : 9110457593 9789110457591
Goyal Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd 2011. Softcover. New. By means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. The theory that shook the world. Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as this book. Darwin`s theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the ""survival of the fittest"" stirred up popular debate to fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science. Printed Pages: 479. Goyal Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 41666 ISBN : 8187572361 9788187572367
Penguin Classics 1982. Paperback. Near Fine. Unread slight crease to corner of cover otherwise like new. Synopsis: One of the most important and influential books ever written. It is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable. When published it challenged many deeply-held beliefs of the Western world - arguing for a material not divine origin of species. Penguin Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 0140432051N ISBN : 0140432051 9780140432053
Wordsworth Editions Ware 1998. Paperback. New. Synopsis: One of the most important and influential books ever written. It is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable. When published it challenged many deeply-held beliefs of the Western world - arguing for a material not divine origin of species. Wordsworth Editions, Ware paperback
Bookseller reference : 18532678051 ISBN : 1853267805 9781853267802
New York & Scarborough ON Canada: New American Library 1958. Copyright 1958 . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo or 12� Duodecimo: 6�" x 7�" tall. 479 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Creased spine. Bottom right corner of front cover is creased. <br/> <br/> New American Library paperback
John Murray 1902. 8vo. Popular Impression Thirteenth to Eighteenth Thousand with a fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present and a folding diagram diagram very lightly spotted at fore-edge endpapers moderately browned tiny corner loss from front free endpaper; original decorative arches-style green cloth gilt back an unusually bright clean copy. Freeman 152. John Murray, hardcover
London: Watts & Co 1929. Based on the Last Sixth Edition. The Thinker's Library No.8 .The jacket has a slightly faded spine. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY. Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. Thinkers Library 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. VERY GOOD ABOVE AVERAGE/VERY GOOD AVERAGE. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�". HARDBACK. Watts & Co Hardcover
Peacock/ Atlantic Publishers & Distributors P Ltd. 2005. First edition. Hardcover. New. A classic that took the world by storm raising havoc among scientists and religious people as its exposition apparently contradicted the account of the creation of the world of Genesis in the bible Charles Darwin`s The Origin of Species remains the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of scientific imagination. Sold out on the very first day of its publication in 1859 and often considered a watershed in the history of scientific philosophical and theological ideas the book describes the most fundamental truth of the natural world that there exists a "natural selection" of favourable variations and a fierce "struggle for existence" in all living beings thereby ensuring the survival of the fittest. The classic that unfolds the mystery of mysteries as Darwin calls it in an intimate informal and enjoyable style continues to transform our views of the world and remains relevant in any study of the history of ideas. Contents:- Introduction Chapter One : VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION : Causes of Variability-Effects of Habit-Correlation of Growth-Inheritance-Character of Domestic Varieties-Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species-Origin of Domestic Varieties from one or more Species-Domestic Pigeons their Differences and Origin-Principle of Selection anciently followed its Effects-Methodical and Unconscious Selection-Unknown Origin of our Domestic Productions-Circumstances favourable to Man`s power of Selection Chapter Two : VARIATION UNDER NATURE : Variability-Individual differences-Doubtful species-Wide ranging much diffused and common species vary most-Species of the larger genera in any country vary more than the species of the smaller genera-Many of the species of the larger genera resemble varieties in being very closely but unequally related to each other and in having restricted ranges Chapter Three : STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE : Bears on natural selection-The term used in a wide sense-Geometrical powers of increase-Rapid increase of naturalised animals and plants-Nature of the checks to increase-Competition universal-Effects of climate-Protection from the number of individuals-Complex relations of all animals and plants throughout nature-Struggle for life most severe between individuals and varieties of the same species : often severe between species of the same genus-The relation of organism to organism the most important of all relations Chapter Four : NATURAL SELECTION : Natural Selection-its power compared with man`s selection-its power on characters of trifling importance-its power at all ages and on both sexes-Sexual Selection-On the generality of intercrosses between individuals of the same species-Circumstances favourable and unfavourable to Natural Selection namely intercrossing isolation number of individuals-Slow action-Extinction caused by Natural Selection-Divergence of Character related to the diversity of inhabitants of any small area and to naturalization-Action of Natural Selection through Divergence of Character and Extinction on the descendants from a common parent-Explains the Grouping of all organic beings Chapter Five : LAWS OF VARIATION : Effects of external conditions-Use and disuse combined with natural selection; organs of flight and of vision-Acclimatisation-Correlation of growth-Compensation and economy of growth-False correlations-Multiple rudimentary and lowly organised structures variable-Parts developed in an unusual manner are highly variable : specific character more variable than generic : secondary sexual characters variable-Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner-Reversions to long-lost characters-Summary Chapter Six : DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY : Difficulties on the theory of descent with modification-Transitions-Absence or rarity of transitional varieties-Transi Printed Pages: 416. Peacock/ Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6100 ISBN : 8126905484 9788126905485
Peacock Books/Atlantic Publishers & Distributors P Ltd. 2013. Softcover. New. 12 x 17 cm. In 1859 Charles Darwin released his most famous work: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life which went on to form the basis for future theories of how life has come to be. He introduced the scientific theory that diversity of life came about as a result of common descent through a continuous change in life forms or evolution as he called it. He proposed that all life slowly changes incorporating those changes which benefit its survival. This book puts forth his theories and showcase the first attempts to provide a scientific explanation for the origin of life in history. Printed Pages: 416. Peacock Books/Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. paperback
Bookseller reference : 6099 ISBN : 8124800995 9788124800997
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