Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences
by Marchant, James
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- Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1916. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences, James Marchant, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1916, viii, 507 pp., 8¾ x 6 inches.
Maroon boards with gilt titling to spine only, top text edge soiled, sunning and scuffing to spine, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, spine bumped by top edge, former owner's name plate inside cover, pages toned. First American edition. Good condition.
"Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic." Wikipedia.
Maroon boards with gilt titling to spine only, top text edge soiled, sunning and scuffing to spine, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, spine bumped by top edge, former owner's name plate inside cover, pages toned. First American edition. Good condition.
"Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic." Wikipedia.
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- Bookseller
- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 813
- Title
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Author
- Marchant, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Alfred Russel Wallace, evolution, biology, science, James Marchant
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