The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes

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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. In Two Volumes

DARWIN, Charles

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32 p. publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I dated February, 1871. 2 p. publisher's list at rear of vol. II dated February, 1868. One line Erratum to vol. I and no errata to vol. II. Incudes the first appearance of the phrase "survival of the fittest" in any of Darwin's works, on p. 6 of vol. I, where he gives credit for the phrase to Herbert Spencer. A large part of the book contains discussion of artificial selection and pangenesis, the mechanism he suggested to explain heredity.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: John Murray
  • Edition: First Edition, second issue
  • Date Published: Titles state 1868
  • Place Published: London
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    2 vols.: viii, 411, 32; viii, 486, [2] p. 23 cm. 43 b&w illustrations in vol. I. Original publisher's green cloth with blank impressing on boards, gilt on spine. Corners worn, some dents to edges, softening to spine ends, stains and rubbing to cloth. Vol. II has scuff on lower spine. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Endpapers at front have stuck together in vol. II and were formerly stuck in vol. I; the latter has scuffs at front. Light stains to vol. I bottom edge.

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