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WALLACE, Alfred Russell (1823-1913). Island Life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, London, Macmillan, 1880, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY to James Croll, with a tipped in printed slip: "From the Author", and extensive notes in margins of chapters VII-X, 3 lithographed maps, advertisement leaves (library copy), original decorated green cloth, gilt. [Macmillan, p.388; Wood p. 617]
Provenance: James Croll (1821-90). The manuscript notes were possibly used by Croll, in the revision of his own work, Climate and Time, which was reprinted in 1885.
Provenance: James Croll (1821-90). The manuscript notes were possibly used by Croll, in the revision of his own work, Climate and Time, which was reprinted in 1885.