(NATURAL HISTORY) Darwin Charles On the Origin of Species by

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THE MYSTERIES OF CREATION EXPOUNDED (NATURAL HISTORY.) Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Folding plate (short closed tear). 432 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, worn, backstrip chipped; foxing, occasional pencil notes in margins, lacking free endpapers; 7 March 1860 inscription of original owner Charles Eugene Henry of Ohio on flyleaf ("The mysteries of creation expounded"), later family ownership marks on half-title and front pastedown. New York, 1860

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first american edition, first state, with only two quotations facing the title page. Released in an edition of 2500 in mid-January 1860, just a month after the first London edition shook the world. Freeman, Darwin Handlist 377.