On The Origin Of Species: By Means Of Natural Selection Or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faint glue residue on front pastedown.
Few books have so completely and irrevocably altered humanity's understanding of itself and the natural world as Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. First published in 1859, this landmark scientific treatise presents Darwin's meticulous, evidence-driven argument for the theory of evolution by natural selection — the radical proposition that all species of life descend from common ancestors through a gradual process driven by competition, adaptation, and survival. Drawing on observations gathered during his legendary voyage aboard HMS Beagle, Darwin marshals an extraordinary breadth of evidence from geology, paleontology, comparative anatomy, and biogeography to construct one of the most persuasive and consequential arguments in the history of science. This Easton Press Collector's Edition — bound in genuine leather, illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre, and prefaced by a new introduction from Charles G. Darwin — elevates an already monumental text into a truly distinguished volume worthy of any serious library. Darwin's prose is at once precise and surprisingly accessible, carrying the reader through complex biological principles with the clarity and conviction of a master naturalist who has spent decades wrestling with the implications of his own discoveries. A work that continues to provoke, inspire, and challenge readers more than a century and a half after its first appearance, On the Origin of Species remains the indispensable foundation of modern biology — and a testament to the power of patient, fearless inquiry.
Author: Charles Darwin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, The Easton Press
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faint glue residue on front pastedown.
Few books have so completely and irrevocably altered humanity's understanding of itself and the natural world as Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. First published in 1859, this landmark scientific treatise presents Darwin's meticulous, evidence-driven argument for the theory of evolution by natural selection — the radical proposition that all species of life descend from common ancestors through a gradual process driven by competition, adaptation, and survival. Drawing on observations gathered during his legendary voyage aboard HMS Beagle, Darwin marshals an extraordinary breadth of evidence from geology, paleontology, comparative anatomy, and biogeography to construct one of the most persuasive and consequential arguments in the history of science. This Easton Press Collector's Edition — bound in genuine leather, illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre, and prefaced by a new introduction from Charles G. Darwin — elevates an already monumental text into a truly distinguished volume worthy of any serious library. Darwin's prose is at once precise and surprisingly accessible, carrying the reader through complex biological principles with the clarity and conviction of a master naturalist who has spent decades wrestling with the implications of his own discoveries. A work that continues to provoke, inspire, and challenge readers more than a century and a half after its first appearance, On the Origin of Species remains the indispensable foundation of modern biology — and a testament to the power of patient, fearless inquiry.