Darwin: The Indelible Stamp.

DARWIN, Charles; Edited by James D. Watson.

Item Number: 459

Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005.

First edition. Thick Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by James D. Watson on the title page. Includes four of Charles Darwin’s most influential works in their entirety contained for the first time in one volume. Text includes commentary by Nobel Laureate James D. Watson.

Included in this volume are four of the most influential works of Charles Darwin, reprinted in their entirety, each with commentary from Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson. Included are On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important scientific work of the nineteenth century; Voyage of the Beagle, a captivating travelogue richly stocked with observations that helped guide the young Darwin through his evolutionary world view; The Descent of Man, which explored the origins of humans and their history; and The Expressions of Emotions in Man and Animals, which explored the origin and nature of the mind. With his separate introductions for each of Darwin's books he goes further to explain how the modern considerations underlying genome research would have been impossible without Darwin, bringing a contemporary relevance to these nineteenth century masterworks.