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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. EXTRAORDINARY: FOUNDATIONAL: A SPLENDID PRESENTATION of FOUR GREAT CLASSICS: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2006) w/ full no. line at "1" showing First Printing: NEW beautifully-illus. slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW unclipped mylar-protected handsomely-designed-illus. jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $39.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, strikingly handsome NEW golden-brown paper wrapping spine & extending over front & back panels handsomely-covered in toasted cream paper w/ titles handsomely gilt-stamped on spine & "Ch. Darwin" gilt-stamped in Darwin's orig. elegant script at bottom-center front-panel, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & brown-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on SUPERB unblemished acid-free silk-finish paper * 6.36" x 9.50" x 2.64", 2.02 kg, 1710 pp. Slip-cased: 6.50" x 10.75" x 2.88", 2.24 kg *ABOUT THE BOOK: A Literary & Scientific Event of Extraordinary Magnitude, Charles Darwin's Four Greatest Works Collected & Presented by Edward O. Wilson: Hailed as "superior" by Nature, this landmark volume is here presented in a handsome collectible boxed edition. Never before have the 4 great works of Charles Darwin --Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), & The Expression of Emotions in Man & Animals (1872)-- been collected under one cover in authoritative texts taken directly from facsimiles of Darwin's original first editions. Undertaking this challenging endeavor 123 years after Darwin's death, 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has written an introductory essay for the occasion, while providing new, insightful introductions to each of the 4 volumes & an after-word that examines the fate of evolutionary theory in an era of religious resistance: 6 orig. essays that weave together the thrilling story of Darwin's groundbreaking scientific discovery & place Darwin's great achievement in the context of 19th-century scientific & philosophical thought. In addition, Wilson has crafted a creative new index to accompany these 4 texts, which links the 19th-century Darwinian evolutionary concepts to contemporary biological thought. Beautifully slip-cased & including restored versions of the orig. illustrations, "From So Simple a Beginning" turns our attention to the astounding power of the natural creative process & the magnificence of its products. * W/ nearly 200 Illustrations, many by Darwin himself, scanned from he originals & retouched for maximum clarity & accuracy. * ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Naturalist CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) is the father of evolution. His groundbreaking "The Origin of Species" argued that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, & proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. As much as anyone in the modern era, Darwin has changed the course of human thought. EDWARD O. WILSON (1929-2021) was the author of more than 20 books, including "The Ants", "The Diversity of Life", "On Human Nature", & the seminal text "Sociobiology". The winner of 2 Pulitzer Prizes & the 1976 National Medal of Science, Wilson was a professor emeritus at Harvard University & lived with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts. * SHIPPNG: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & due to its 2.24 kg heft via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY INERNATIONAL AIRMAIL for all international shipments at destination-specific rates quoted upon request.