DARWINISM An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications
by WALLACE Alfred Russel
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co., 1889. 2nd edn (October 1889 printing). 8vo (8 x 5½ ins). Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (lightly scuffed and bumped at head and tail of spine and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. xvi + 494 + [2] publisher's catalogue, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard, coloured folding map and figures in text (frontispiece a little toned; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down and coloured plate pasted onto front free endpaper).
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- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
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- 176906
- Title
- DARWINISM An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications
- Author
- WALLACE Alfred Russel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., 1889
- Keywords
- Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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