OT Darwin 1st edition found on toilet bookshelf
Matthew Kruk
November 22, 2009
Darwin 1st edition found on toilet bookshelf
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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. Christie's said the book is likely to
sell for 60,000 pounds ($99,000).
Darwin's "The Origin of Species" outlined his theory of natural
selection - the foundation for the modern understanding of evolution.
Celebrations around the world this year have marked the 200th
anniversary of Darwin's birth.
marcus
> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/11/22/pf-11868841.html
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> November 22, 2009
> Darwin 1st edition found on toilet bookshelf
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> 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.
>
I'm truly sorry...just couldn't help myself.
Matthew Kruk
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Back in the old outhouse days, if you ran out of paper there was always
pages from a book.
Now what do you do when all there is is a Kindle?
Aje.RavenStar
"marcus" <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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No you're not. Now wipe that smile off your face.
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, marcus <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm relieved to hear that.
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marcus
> "marcus" <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
OK, I'm all a'twitter, please tell me. ;-)
Whatever
nob...@home.com says...
> Back in the old outhouse days, if you ran out of paper there was
always
> pages from a book.
>
> Now what do you do when all there is is a Kindle?
There's probably a drive wipe application that can be used :-)