On the Origin of Species; Through Natural Selection the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life Charles Darwin M.A., F.R.S. Published by Ward, Lock, & Co., London, 1901 It is a very unusual new edition. Four photographic plates. Text based on the sixth edition, with additions and corrections. This edition was the last version Darwin worked on before he died. Spine tips and corners slightly rubbed. Back slightly suntanned. Contents good, frontis is almost loose but present tough. Pages somewhat discoloured from age. Red linen with gilt details on spine and front cover. Scarce edition of this title. Two pages of advertisements at the back. A clean copy without names of previous owners or other inscriptions. 389+(2) pages, 19,5 x 13,5 cm. The Origin of Species – or more complete: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life – published on November 24, 1859, is a scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the basis of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose through common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence collected during the Beagle expedition in the 1830s, and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experiments