Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle under he command of Capt. Fitz ROy, R.N by Darwin, Charles - 1957

New York: Heritage Press, 1957. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Robert Gibbings. The plentiful black-and-white engravings and drawings by Robert Gibbings greatly augment this fine copy of an important title in the history of science. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Very Good condition, brown paper-covered cardboard slipcase. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. "Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory" (Wikipedia). xvi [2], 2-489 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.