Darwin and Modern Science. Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of The Origin of the Species.
by Seward, A. C
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Buckram cloth, the cloth is rubbed and faded, a few marks. Inner hinges loosened (still secured), the text is complete, the margins of the frontispiece are stained, some light staining to the edges of the other 4 plates, marking to the endpapers. Neat Belfast library pictorial bookplate on the endpaper, low visibility blindstamp (no ink) at the top corner of the title and plates, very faint number on title reverse. Pages; XVII, (1), 595, (1). 5 sheets of plates. 1st edition.
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- 016337
- Title
- Darwin and Modern Science. Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of The Origin of the Species.
- Author
- Seward, A. C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- natural history, darwin, darwinian,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology;
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