Charles Darwin’s "On The Origin Of Species" First Edition Found On Toilet Bookshelf
Author: The Huffington Post News Editors
LONDON — An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” found in a family’s guest lavatory in southern England. Christie’s auction house said Sunday the book – one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 – had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family’s home in Oxford. The book will be auctioned on Tuesday, the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work.
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Charles Darwin’s "On The Origin Of Species" First Edition Found On Toilet Bookshelf
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