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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays
de Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan and Co, 1870. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green pebbled cloth with covers ruled in blind and spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with bumping to corners, light rubbing at extremities, light wear to spine ends and slight darkening to spine. Inner hinges slightly cracked and tender. Pages toned. A British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. Wallace is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858.
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- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140941464
- Título
- Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A Series of Essays
- Autor
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1870
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
