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London: John Murray, 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). viii, 411 [1]; viii, 486 pp. With 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 in vol. I and [2] pp. ads dated February 1868 in vol. II; 1 erratum on 2 lines in vol. I as called for. Original publishers dark-green cloth with gilt-lettered and decorated spines including two-line imprint to each tail, dark-blue-coated endpapers and binder's ticket (Edmonds & Remnants) to the rear paste-down of vol. I (bindings sound, minor rubbing to cloth and extremities, corners with some minor wear and very little bumping, about 1 inch long split of cloth at lower joint). All pages uncut. Bright and clean throughout, p. viii with small hole at inner blank margin from unsticking (well away from text area). Provenance: John Flower (armorial bookplate to each front pastedown). A very good+ set. ---- FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Includes the first…

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is a book by Charles Darwin that presents his observations on the descendency and variations in animals and plants during the domestication process, highlighting the role of artificial selection.