The World of Life - a manifestation of creative power, directive mind and ultimate purpose
by Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with plates and text engravings, octavo, pp xvi, 408, fore-edges foxed, a little foxing internally on the first few pages, otherwise very bright anjd clean, red clothvery slightly marked, the spine faded, otherwise very good. SCARCE. . Cloth. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019710
- Title
- The World of Life - a manifestation of creative power, directive mind and ultimate purpose
- Author
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Natural History; Zoology; Evolution; History of Science;
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....