On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joseph W. Williams. THE FIRST WILLIAMS EDITION by DARWIN Charles - n.d. [1891]

London: Walter Scott, nd. hard cover. FR. Fair condition with edge wear and damp staining to covers, name on folding map frontispiece, light soiling to page edges./No Jacket. Camelot series. Edited and introduced by Joseph W. Williams. Illustrated with diagrams in colour and black and white. 18 cm.

London: Walter Scott 273pp. Extremities rubbed & chipped; owner name ffep. Fold-out map; appendix; index. Edited by Joseph W. Williams. Good reading copy.. Hb. G/No Dj Issued..

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1900. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy (owner's name) in red cloth lettered and decorated in gold, with a glue-mend to paper tearing at the rear gutter. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and not ex-library. No date: estimated c.1900. All plates and maps are present.

Walter Scott, London. No date. 8vo, 278pp, with fold-out map. A good hardback copy in blue cloth, with general mild wear to boards. Tanned fore edges and lightly foxed endpapers.

The Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 273 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations, diagrams and a fold out map. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Minor pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Some marginalia at rear. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering is dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

Walter Scott, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth, paper spine label. Rough cut on two sides. Some page remain uncut at the top edge. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine.

Walter Scott, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. prefatory note by editor, preface and description of plates by author, appendix and index. At the beginning of the text there is five page foldout map of coral reefs throughout the world (at time of book's publication). The text is illustrated with black-and-white line illustrations and another four pink and black coloured plates, showing various coral reefs. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and gilt and black coloured titles and black coloured illustration to the back strip. An explanation of the creation of coral reefs by Charles Darwin, which was first published in 1842, and was updated as more information came to light. Series editor – Ernest Rhys. Softening of the back strip edges with bumping and rubbing of the book corners. Fading to the back strip with light… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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