ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, with a New Preface by Charles G. Darwin
Adelaide, South Australia: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. This is copy number 507 of 1500 printed at The Griffin Press. Arguably the most significant work of science in the Western canon, The Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, positing a theory of evolution in which living organisms change through a series of random permutations, which are 'naturally selected' insofar as they are adapted to their environment. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. The prospectus and The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club are laid in. Quarto. Set in monotype Baskerville and printed on Australian smooth cream-tone paper. Quarter black wallaby hide stamped in gold, with a green spine label and veneer sides. The left edge of the spine label is lifting just a touch; else a fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Fine. Item #75471
Price: $200.00