Publisher and Year: London: John Murray, 1869
Edition: Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. "Tenth thousand" stated on the title page, referring to the cumulative number of copies produced beginning with the first edition in 1859. Binding variant "a," with only "Darwin" italicized in the title and author lettering and with two gilt rules at the spine ends (no priority of the variants is known). In the fifth edition, Darwin used the phrase "survival of the fittest" for the first time in any of his works. He first used the word "evolution" two years later in The Descent of Man (1871), and then incorporated that term into the sixth edition of The Origin of Species (1872). (Freeman, 1977)
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind, black endpapers, folding diagram at p. 132, 580 pp. (+index, 32 pp. ads). A few handling marks and light stains to the boards. Tips pushed with some exposure. Small hole to the upper-front joint. Spine strip darkened and with the ends a little crumpled. Structurally sound, though with light separation to the endpapers at the hinges. Several instances of over-opening and light gutter exposure throughout the text. All pages firmly attached. A few leaves unopened. Moderate foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves; interior pages much less affected. Folding diagram intact but with some foxing.
"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
Inventory ID: 912 - 912 - 451
Publisher and Year: London: John Murray, 1869
Edition: Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. "Tenth thousand" stated on the title page, referring to the cumulative number of copies produced beginning with the first edition in 1859. Binding variant "a," with only "Darwin" italicized in the title and author lettering and with two gilt rules at the spine ends (no priority of the variants is known). In the fifth edition, Darwin used the phrase "survival of the fittest" for the first time in any of his works. He first used the word "evolution" two years later in The Descent of Man (1871), and then incorporated that term into the sixth edition of The Origin of Species (1872). (Freeman, 1977)
Condition and Description: Octavo, publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind, black endpapers, folding diagram at p. 132, 580 pp. (+index, 32 pp. ads). A few handling marks and light stains to the boards. Tips pushed with some exposure. Small hole to the upper-front joint. Spine strip darkened and with the ends a little crumpled. Structurally sound, though with light separation to the endpapers at the hinges. Several instances of over-opening and light gutter exposure throughout the text. All pages firmly attached. A few leaves unopened. Moderate foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves; interior pages much less affected. Folding diagram intact but with some foxing.
"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
Inventory ID: 912 - 912 - 451
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