Alfred Russell Wallace: a Life by Raby, Peter - 2001

Princeton University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0691006954 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket is also in excellent condition with one minor flaw only: mild rubbing to the glossy surface on the rear panel, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included for this fine gift copy, illustrated, includes Sources and a Selected Bibliography, "In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection"; 340 pages .