The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
by Darwin, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt. Very Good. N.D.. Reprint. Hardcover. 798 + 6 pp. of ads p. 19 cm. No publication or copyright date. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Rub wear to spine edges and ends and the corner tips, which are a little softened. Spine title is dulled. A few scuff marks and a few scratches to top edge of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. A reprint from the second English edition, revised and augmented of this seminal work in evolutionary theory, by British naturalist Charles Darwin. Illustrated with black and white engravings. The bookplate of noted Canadian archaeologist Charles Trick (C.T.) Currelly, the first director of the Royal Ontario Museum, is attached to the front free endpaper. .
Synopsis
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, On The Origin of Species. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection.
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6700
- Title
- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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- Reprint
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