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DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection . New York: D. Appleton, 1860.
DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection . New York: D. Appleton, 1860. 8 o (195 x 129 mm). Half title, one folding letterpress table. (Some spotting.) Original green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine darkened). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Darwin's work 'marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no field of human intellectual endeavor that has not been influenced by the thought and fact of evolution' (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377.