On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. John Murray, London, 1859. First edition, first printing, octavo, pp. 502. Original green diagonal-wave grained cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards ornamentally blind-tooled, pale brown coated endpapers. An excellent copy in very fine condition.