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The Wonderful Century: It's Successes and Failures
by Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- The endpapers are lightly foxed, there are minor wrinkles at the fold to diagram 1, pencil mark to the front attached endpaper,
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein, 1898. First edition. The endpapers are lightly foxed, there are minor wrinkles at the fold to diagram 1, pencil mark to the front attached endpaper, a near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 400; frontis black-and-white portrait of Wallace, 11 folding diagrams at the end. Publisher’s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth-covered boards have blind-stamped vertical lines at the top, black endpapers, lg 8vo. In this volume Wallace documents the intellectual achievements of 19th century. He also analyses its social 'failures', such as poverty and militarism. This work was simultaneously published in the USA by Dodd, Mead & Co in New York. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A very bright and clean copy. Rarely found in such nice condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Natural History Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9625
- Title
- The Wonderful Century: It's Successes and Failures
- Author
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Book Condition
- Used - The endpapers are lightly foxed, there are minor wrinkles at the fold to diagram 1, pencil mark to the front attached endpaper,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: W. Swan Sonnenschein, 1898. First edition
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
Biblio member since 2007
Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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