Ver a tamaño completo.
The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface. Vol. I-II
de Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Ver descripción
- Librería
-
IVER, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: MacMillan, 1876. xxi, [iii], 503, [1]; viii, [iiii], 607, [1], 20 wood-engraved plates, 7 col maps (some folding). . HB. 2 vols, 8vo (230x150mm), orig. publisher's green cloth, gilt, teg. Some foxing to both volumes. One gathering untidily opened with small loss to bottom blank corner of two leaves. A very good set. Bookplate of Oliver H. Wild.. First edition. With the publication of the Geographical Distribution of Animals Wallace 'established evolutionary zoogeography on its modern foundation… [and] few, if any, subsequent works have been more important to the subject' (DSB). Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a notable English naturalist, evolutionist, geographer, anthropologist, social critic, and the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution and natural selection..
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Pemberley Natural History Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- A35190
- Título
- The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface. Vol. I-II
- Autor
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- MacMillan
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1876
- Palabras clave
- ABABOOKFAIR 2019; PBFA
Términos de venta
Pemberley Natural History Books
We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX, JCB cards.
Postage extra.
Books which are not as described may be returned. Please contact us first. Not all books avaialable from us are listed on Biblio - see our website for full listing
Sobre el vendedor
Pemberley Natural History Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
IVER
Sobre Pemberley Natural History Books
Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
