Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

by Alfred Russel Wallace

$2,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. First edition. Octavo leaves measuring 185 x 120 mm , collating complete. xvi, 384, 43 publisher's catalogue . Publisher's green cloth with spine titled in gilt. Spine a bit darkened, with some bubbling to cloth. Dustsoiling to top edge of text block, not affecting margins within. Brick red coated endpapers. Faint early ink ownership signature to upper pastedown

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