Publisher's Synopsis
 
'On the Origin of Species' is a book that changed the way we think about the development of life on Earth.  The author's  controversial theory of natural selection, or survival of the fittest, would make him internationally famous and put the issue of evolution at the centre of a fierce debate which still rages some 150 years after the book's first publication.
Complementing the text are over 100 delicately detailed and informative contemporary illustrations,  many of them relating to the discoveries Darwin made during the second voyage of the research ship 'HMS Beagle'.  The text used for this handsome edition was the last to be published during Darwin's life time and it is considered to be the definitive version.
 
Arcturus Publishing Ltd.; 2014. Hardcover with slip case. With a preface by George Davidson. Sixth edition, with all additions and corrections. 384 pp. Text clean binding tight in fine condition. Preowned. ISBN: 9781848588790.