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Origin of species remains perhaps the most influential scientific book ever written. Pages are clean with no marks, writing, or highlighting. Cover and dust jacket are in good condition dust jacket has some edge wear the origin of species and the descent of man by charles darwin pages are clean with no marks, writing, or highlighting. Jacketed easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, darwins the origin of species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. The aim of this picture book adaptation is to explain in an accessible and inspiring way the theory of evolution by charles darwin. I purchased the 6th edition of darwins origin of species. The wrapper was intended to completely enclose the book, and in fact, there remain traces of sealing wax from where the paper was.
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