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Lot 30
Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], 13 works in 16 vol, most first editions, uniform later half green morocco, 1876.
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], comprising: The Geographical Distribution of Animals, 2 vol., half-titles, 7 colour maps, most folding/double-page, 20 wood-engraved plates, very occasional foxing, 1876; Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, second edition, 1871; Tropical Nature, and other essays, 1878; Australasia, 1879; Island Life, 1880; Land Nationalisation, its Necessity and its Aims, presentation copy with "From the author" in ink on original front free endpaper, 1882; Bad Times: an Essay on the Present Day Depression of Trade..., 1885; Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection..., 1889; The Wonderful Century..., third edition, 1899; Studies Scientific & Social, 2 vol., 1900; Man's Place in the Universe, third edition, 1904; My Life, 2 vol., 1905; The World of Life, 1910, together 13 works in 16 vol., all but the second, ninth & eleventh first editions, half-titles as called for, most with maps, plates and illustrations, some folding, occasional spotting, uniformly bound in later half green morocco, by Root & Son, spines ruled in gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo (16)
Description
Wallace (Alfred Russel) [Collection of Works], comprising: The Geographical Distribution of Animals, 2 vol., half-titles, 7 colour maps, most folding/double-page, 20 wood-engraved plates, very occasional foxing, 1876; Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, second edition, 1871; Tropical Nature, and other essays, 1878; Australasia, 1879; Island Life, 1880; Land Nationalisation, its Necessity and its Aims, presentation copy with "From the author" in ink on original front free endpaper, 1882; Bad Times: an Essay on the Present Day Depression of Trade..., 1885; Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection..., 1889; The Wonderful Century..., third edition, 1899; Studies Scientific & Social, 2 vol., 1900; Man's Place in the Universe, third edition, 1904; My Life, 2 vol., 1905; The World of Life, 1910, together 13 works in 16 vol., all but the second, ninth & eleventh first editions, half-titles as called for, most with maps, plates and illustrations, some folding, occasional spotting, uniformly bound in later half green morocco, by Root & Son, spines ruled in gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo (16)
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