Natural Selection and Tropical Nature: Essays on Descriptive and Theoretical Biology

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Published by London: MacMillan and Co., . New edition with corrections, 1891

About this Item

Pp. xii, 492. Publisher s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth-covered boards have blind-stamped vertical lines at the top, dark green endpapers, 8vo. This volume combines "Natural Selection" first published in 1870 with "Tropical Nature" first published in 1878 into a new edition with corrections first published in 1891. The front facing endpapers display two bookplates -- Richmond College, Surrey (and) Library of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Richmond, Surrey. The spine has three small vertical gold lines at the base; there are no other library marks and few signs of use (see photos online or email for photos). This volume is only mildly ex-library with light edgewear to cloth in very good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Natural Selection and Tropical Nature: Essays on Descriptive and Theoretical Biology
• Publisher: London: MacMillan and Co., . New edition with corrections
• Publication Date: 1891
• Seller catalogs:
  • Alfred R. Wallace