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If you are a Darwin book collector with a $44,000 budget, this might be of interest to you:
LONDON – A British auction house says it is offering Darwin fans a chance to buy a first edition of the famed naturalist’s groundbreaking book.
Auctioneer Keys says the copy of “On the Origin of Species” is expected to [...]

Catherine Williamson discusses what may be the most expensive modern first edition on the market today. The audio is a bit faint but you can still make out the dialog.  She estimates the auction value of this book to be between 120k-180k.
What makes this book unique is that the dust-jacket is taller than the book [...]