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Published by New York Harper & Brothers 1869, 1869
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST US EDITION 8vo. (approx. 21 x 13cm) brown cloth hardback, decorative gilt, with bevelled boards. 638pp., plus 2pp. Advertisements at end, Indexed, tissue-guarded b/w double frontispiece, b/w foldout map and, two-colour foldout map b/w illustrations, tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout. Modern bookplate to front pastedown. Pencil notes in Appendix and Advertisements and a few pencil markings and underlining in text. Occasional light foxing. Some wear to top and base of spine and corners, with slight loss and fraying. A couple of small stains to lower board. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY. (SHELF 9) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Publication Date: 1869
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. First edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 folding), 6 plates, numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth, hinges repaired, extremities slightly rubbed, discreet ex-lib stamps. xxiii, 478, 52ads (dated December 1868); iv, 524pp. London, Macmillan & Co., Wallace?s ?Malay Archipelago is regarded as the most celebrated of all writings on Indonesia and ranks with a small handful of other works as one of the nineteenth century?s best scientific travel books? (Howgego). He began his eight year journey in 1854 visiting each of the islands in the archipelago, some more than once. Perhaps his most important discovery was that the archipelago is zoologically divided into two by the deep water straight (Wallace's Line) between Bali and Lombok. As his journey progressed so Wallace become a confirmed evolutionist, however it was not until he was suffering from a fever in the Moluccas that he came up with the theory of natural selection as the method of evolution. Putting his ideas down on paper over the following two days Wallace sent them off to Charles Darwin, the result being their joint paper which was given to the Linnean Society on 1st July, 1858.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)Returning to London in 1862, Wallace sold sufficient of his collections to obtain income of some £300 per year from the capital raised and began work on The Malay Archipelago, which was published in 1869 (DNB). Howgego II, W10.
Published by General Books London 2009, 2009
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo vi + 228pp., 'A vivid, momentous & far-reaching account of Alfred Russel Wallace's eight-year exploration of South East Asia in the 1850s & 60s. His travels led him to conceive of evolution through natural selection independently of Charles Darwin, & their theories were jointly proposed in a paper to the Linnean Society in 1858.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1989
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus, as good as new. The Malay Archipelago Special Collection by Alfred Russel Wallace. Published by Oxford University Press in 1989. Paperback. The Malay Archipelago is the classic work on the flora, fauna, and peoples of the area now known as Indonesia. Based largely on four field journals which Wallace kept during the eight years he spent in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1854 and 1862, it ranks as the greatest travel book on theregion and, in its analysis of the geographical distribution of animals, is one of the most important natural history books of the nineteenth century. Wallace's travels were mainly to obtain natural history specim. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Harper & Brothes, Publishers, New York, 1869
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original green cloth. Condition: Good. First American Edition. 8 3/4'' x 5 3/4''. 638pp. with index. Two pages of adds. With 2 folding maps. Ex-library without a card pocket, but stamped. Photo of horse on front paste-down. Damaged spot on spine.
Published by Folio Society,, London:, 2017
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Complete in two volumes. Preface by Steve Jones. Introduction by George Beccaloni. Illustrated with color plates and black and white drawings. First edition thus. Both volumes are fine and are housed in a fine slipcase. ; 665 pages.
Published by Macmillan And Co, 1890
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus, as good as new. The Malay Archipelago 10th ed. The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature Special Collection by Alfred Russel Wallace. Published by Macmillan And Co in 1890. Hardcover. 10th edition, with corrections and extra footnotes by Wallace. The first edition dates from 1869. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase (Very Good +). 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, slipcased two volume hardcover set, both of the books have a hint of wear to their spine ends, and Volume II has a light bump to the lower corner of its front cover. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean and bright, NF/VG+ set in a VG+ slipcase, which has a bump to the lower corners of the right panel, a thin split starting to the tail of the back panel, and some areas of light rubbing to each side. Additional images are available upon request.