Burnside Rare Books

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

Darwin, Charles

London: John Murray, 1868.

First edition, first issue; one of 1,500 copies. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original green cloth decoratively ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. viii, 411 pp. + 32pp [first issue ads, dated April, 1867]; viii, 486 pp. + [2]pp [first issue ads, dated February 1868]; with five lines errata in volume 1 and 7 lines errata in volume II. .Near Fine with light soiling, light edge wear, light rubbing and light bubbling to cloth. Inner hinges repaired, former owner name to title pages, and bookseller ticket to rear pastedowns. Features the first appearance of the iconic Darwinian phrase "survival of the fittest." Item #140941214

Price: $4,500.00