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Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates
de WALLACE, Alfred Russel
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- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable
- Librería
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Glendale, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Thick 8vo. xx, 563, [1] pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Color map frontisp., 2 color maps, 23 woodcut-engraved maps, text maps & diagrams. Green pebbled publisher's cloth, gilt armorial front cover, gilt lettering & ruling on spine. First edition of one of Wallace's major works, which includes the first theory of continental glaciation based on a combination of geographical and astronomical causes, a discussion of island classification, and a survey of world-wide island faunas and floras. Freeman A1016; Norman 2179
An excellent copy showing minor wear, & lightly tanned pages.
An excellent copy showing minor wear, & lightly tanned pages.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 253
- Título
- Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates
- Autor
- WALLACE, Alfred Russel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Publisher's cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st American edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1881
- Páginas
- 563
- Tamaño
- Tall 8vo.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Natural History, Geography, Science
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Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Sobre Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Gilt
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Spine
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- 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...
