Island Life

London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1880. One of the foundation works of zoogeography" (Norman) First edition of one of the author's major works, which includes the first theory of continental glaciation based on a combination of geographical and astronomical causes, a discussion of island classification, and a survey of worldwide island floras and faunas. Wallace (1823-1913) is best known for… Read more about this item

Thick 8vo. xx, 563, [1] pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Color map frontisp., 2 color maps, 23 woodcut-engraved maps, text maps & diagrams. Green pebbled publisher's cloth, gilt armorial front cover, gilt lettering & ruling on spine. First edition of one of Wallace's major works, which includes the first theory of continental glaciation based on a combination of geographical… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1880. In the original cloth First edition of one of Wallace's major works, which includes the first theory of continental glaciation based on a combination of geographical and astronomical causes, a discussion of island classification, and a survey of world-wide island faunas and floras. Octavo. Original dark green pebble-grain cloth, spine gilt-lettered with black rules… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 35mm tear to cloth at head of rear joint. Small loss of cloth at ends of spine and tips of corners of boards. A piece clipped from the title leaf, 34 x 52mm, with loss of the final "s" and following comma from… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (526 pages; illustrated with 26 maps and text illustrations; hand-coloured map frontispiece). This very good First English edition copy was formerly owned by Winston Churchill’s younger brother, Jack Spencer-Churchill, whose bookplate is affixed to the front free endpaper. Subtitled,“The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas… Read more about this item

Prometheus Books, 1998. PAPERBACK. Cover is a little shelf worn. Text is clean, unmarked. No creases in the spine. NOT ex-library.

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998. Softcover. Very good+. Printed paper wraps, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild shelfwear to wraps, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with faint foxing to edges of block.

Macmillan and Co., 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. Second Revised Edition. 545 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and… Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co., London, 1880. Book Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition. Bumped corners, end-papers splitting at hinges. Original publisher's cloth, top edges gilt. 2pp publisher's adverts at back. The frontispiece map has been hand-coloured in parts, tissue guard browned.

LONDON: MACMILLAN COMPANY. G- IN GREEN CLOTH W/GILT TRIM. EDGEWORN W/TINY TEARS TO CLOTH. Pages: 563. . 1911. REPRINT.. HARDCOVER.. SLIGHT TEARING AT BOTH GUTTERS. PREV. OWNER BOOKPLATE, EMBOSSED STAMP INSIDE. ALL TEXT CLEAN, BINDING INTACT. .

Prometheus Books, Publishers, 1997. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Prometheus Books. 1998 Prometheus Books edition paperback, Great Minds series; Very Good copy, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Paperback. 1998.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Island Life.

London : McMillan , 1911. HARDCOVER . XX +563 p. 26 (col.) maps and ills. Diagrams, index. Number (spine) and nice bookplate of University of South California. (Or. green cloth, gilt lettering, cloth shows light wear, especially on the hinge of the back cover, a few small) pencil notes, else VERY GOOD) Wallace (1823-1913),… Read more about this item

Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Prometheus Books, 1998. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, xxii, 522pp., index, maps. Introduction by H. James Birx..

Prometheus Books, Publishers. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Island Life.

New York: Prometheus Books, 1998. Re-print of Wallace's work, with an introduction by H. James Brix. Brand new.. Great Minds Series. Soft. New/No Jacket. 8vo.

Amherst, Prometheus Books. 1998. 522 (4) p. Paperback (Fine copy.)

Paperback / softback. New. A friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was an eminent naturalist and evolutionary theorist. In this study of the flora and fauna of islands, first published in 1880, he explores some of the earliest evidence of massive climate change, and investigates the migration of species.