1860 CHARLES DARWIN. Fine Assemblage of Five Early Charles Darwin Imprints. Americana certainly one of the pebbles

certainly one of the pebbles that tipped the scale)

Condition: Very good

Scattered foxing

and the presentation to William Barton embossed in the front cover

The present letter is from William Steadman and addressed to Joseph Kinghorn

1860 CHARLES DARWIN. Fine Assemblage of Five Early Charles Darwin Imprints. Americana certainly one of the pebblesA very fine and rare assemblage of volumes by Charles Darwin. They include: 1. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Second Edition [Fifth Thousand]. London. John Murray. 1860. This appeared the same year as the first edition and aside from the addition of "Fifth Thousand" on the title, they are identical. A similar half leather edition on the market elsewhere for more