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WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. London: Macmillan, 1870. 8°. 44pp. of advertisements at end (but lacking pp.39-42 of the advertisements). Original green cloth (a trifle rubbed, spine a little darkened). Provenance: Quentin Keynes (1921-2003, Darwin's great-grandson; a gift to his doctor).
WALLACE, A.R. Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications. Ibid., 1889. Frontispiece portrait, folding map in colour, a few diagrams, with the final advertisement leaf. Original green cloth (upper hinge becoming weak, a few unimportant marks). Provenance: as above.
With another similar volume. (3)
WALLACE, A.R. Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications. Ibid., 1889. Frontispiece portrait, folding map in colour, a few diagrams, with the final advertisement leaf. Original green cloth (upper hinge becoming weak, a few unimportant marks). Provenance: as above.
With another similar volume. (3)
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