DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life , London: John Murray 1859. 8° (189 x 115mm). Folding lithographed plate. (Lacking half title and without advertisements at rear, plate with 82mm. clean tear along fold, R3 with long clean tear across bottom lines, B2v and B3r stained, some spotting.) Contemporary half calf (heavily rubbed, upper joints slightly split). FIRST EDITION, published on 24 November 1859 when Darwin was undergoing the rigours of cold water therapy at Ilkley, Yorkshire. Remarkably, John Murray had agreed to publish the book without reading any of the manuscript. He did send it on to two readers, one of whom suggested Darwin would be better off writing a book on pigeon-breeding. But beyond persuading Darwin to drop the words, "An Abstract of an Essay" from the title, Murray did not interfere. 1,250 copies were printed. Apart from those which Darwin took for presentation, all were subscribed for at the trade sale which took place on 22 November, 500 copies going to Mudie's Circulating Library. Freeman 373; Grolier/Horblit 23b; PMM 344.
DARWIN, Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life , London: John Murray 1859. 8° (189 x 115mm). Folding lithographed plate. (Lacking half title and without advertisements at rear, plate with 82mm. clean tear along fold, R3 with long clean tear across bottom lines, B2v and B3r stained, some spotting.) Contemporary half calf (heavily rubbed, upper joints slightly split). FIRST EDITION, published on 24 November 1859 when Darwin was undergoing the rigours of cold water therapy at Ilkley, Yorkshire. Remarkably, John Murray had agreed to publish the book without reading any of the manuscript. He did send it on to two readers, one of whom suggested Darwin would be better off writing a book on pigeon-breeding. But beyond persuading Darwin to drop the words, "An Abstract of an Essay" from the title, Murray did not interfere. 1,250 copies were printed. Apart from those which Darwin took for presentation, all were subscribed for at the trade sale which took place on 22 November, 500 copies going to Mudie's Circulating Library. Freeman 373; Grolier/Horblit 23b; PMM 344.
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