DARWIN, ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, 1860-67, FIVE AMERICAN EDITIONS (5 VOL.)

a) 1860, first American edition, second issue (three quotations facing the title-page), original green blind-stamped cloth, [Freeman 378], lacking folding plate, extremities slightly rubbed; b) 1860, first American edition, third issue (“revised edition” on title-page), original brown blind-stamped cloth, [Freeman 379], head of spine worn with tears and minor loss, repair to head of spine; c) 1861, "new edition, revised and augmented", 2pp. publisher’s adverts at end, original green cloth, [Freeman 382], extremities rubbed and worn; d) 1864, "new edition, revised and augmented", 2pp. publisher’s adverts at end, original green cloth, collector’s folding box, [Freeman 383], rubbed; e) 1867, "new edition, revised and augmented", 2pp. publisher’s adverts at end, original brown cloth, [not in Freeman], extremities bumped, loss to head of spine; all 8vo, half-titles, folding lithographed plate, occasional spotting, bindings worn (5)

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