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Auction archive: Lot number 397

WALLACE, A COLLECTION OF WORKS, 1849-1910 (11 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,285 - US$1,928
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$1,607
Auction archive: Lot number 397

WALLACE, A COLLECTION OF WORKS, 1849-1910 (11 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,285 - US$1,928
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$1,607
Beschreibung:

Wallace, Alfred Russel A COLLECTION OF 11 VOLUMES, COMPRISING: i) The Malay Archipelago. Macmillan and Co., 1869, 2 vol., second edition, plates, maps, illustrations, original green cloth gilt; ii) Tropical Nature, and other essays. Macmillan, 1878, FIRST EDITION, contemporary green calf prize binding by Relfe brothers, signature of J. Hassold on title and book label of Hugh Craggs; iii) another copy. 1878, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; iv) The World of Life. Chapman and Hall, 1910, FIRST EDITION, plates, illustrations, original cloth, slightly worn; v) The Journal of the Linnean Society, vol.X, no.42-43 [and vol.XX, no.120]. Longmans [&c.], 1868-1888, 3 issues containing articles by Wallace, original wrappers, backstrips slightly worn and 3 others with contributions by Wallace (The Distribution of Life, Humboldt Library, no.64, 1885; The Zoologist, vol.17, 1859, and Journey to Explore the Province of Para, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, no.13, 1849), 8vo (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 397
Beschreibung:

Wallace, Alfred Russel A COLLECTION OF 11 VOLUMES, COMPRISING: i) The Malay Archipelago. Macmillan and Co., 1869, 2 vol., second edition, plates, maps, illustrations, original green cloth gilt; ii) Tropical Nature, and other essays. Macmillan, 1878, FIRST EDITION, contemporary green calf prize binding by Relfe brothers, signature of J. Hassold on title and book label of Hugh Craggs; iii) another copy. 1878, FIRST EDITION, original cloth; iv) The World of Life. Chapman and Hall, 1910, FIRST EDITION, plates, illustrations, original cloth, slightly worn; v) The Journal of the Linnean Society, vol.X, no.42-43 [and vol.XX, no.120]. Longmans [&c.], 1868-1888, 3 issues containing articles by Wallace, original wrappers, backstrips slightly worn and 3 others with contributions by Wallace (The Distribution of Life, Humboldt Library, no.64, 1885; The Zoologist, vol.17, 1859, and Journey to Explore the Province of Para, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, no.13, 1849), 8vo (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 397

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