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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- WALLACE, Alfred Russel

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Wallace. The Malay Archipelago. 2 vols. in one.: [Exploration] Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. Macmillan, London, 1869. 2 vol

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Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) The Geographical: Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) The Geographical Distribution of Animals. London: Macmillan & Co., 1876.First edition, two octavo volumes, publisher's presentation copy, with blind stamp to title,

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Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) Island Life: or, the: Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras. London: Macmillan & co., 1880.First edition, octavo, bound with frontispiece map in color, ad

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Studies Scientific by Alfred Russel Wallace: Heading: Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel Title: Studies Scientific and Social Place Published: London Publisher:Macmillan and Co. Date Published: 1900 Description: 2 volumes

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2 Antique Books: Wallace, J.G. Wood: A lot of 2 antique books, one entitled "The Malay Archipelago" by Alfred Russel Wallace dated 1886 with a fold-out map in very good condition, and "Natural History" by J. G. Wood dated 1897, with 480

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1893 EGYPT Nile River Egyptian Travel Exploration Pyramids Hieroglyphics MAP: 1893 EGYPT Nile River Egyptian Travel Exploration Pyramids Hieroglyphics MAP â€œThe Nile. Notes for Travellers in Egypt” by esteemed Egyptologist Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge is a

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[Travel & Exploration], Bell's Edition: The Poets of: [Travel & Exploration]Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ChurchillEdinburg: Apollo Press, 1776-82. In 109 volumes. First edition. 12mo. Each volume illustrated with an

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1870 Life Among the Indians George Catlin Native Americans Travel Exploration: 1870 Life Among the Indians George Catlin Native Americans Travel Exploration â€œLife Among the Indians” by George Catlin is a fascinating account detailing the authors experiences and obser

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[Travel & Exploration] Fuller, Thomas A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with: Fuller, Thomas A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon London: Printed for J. F. for John Williams, 1650. First edition. Folio

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[EXPLORATION]. A group of 9 travel & exploration works in 13 volumes, most published in London, most: [EXPLORATION]. A group of 9 travel & exploration works, comprising: BALDWIN, William Charles. African Hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi. 1863. Second edition. -- COGGESHALL, George. Second Series of

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[Travel & Exploration] Cook, Captain James, A Voyage to: [Travel & Exploration] Cook, Captain James A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... London: W.A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784. In two volumes, volumes I and II only. First edition. 4to. (12), (1)-

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[CHINA -- TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. ALLOM, Thomas: [CHINA -- TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. ALLOM, Thomas (1804-1872), illustrator. -- WRIGHT, George Newenham (1794-1877). China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of

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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. GALTON, Francis, Sir: [TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. GALTON, Francis, Sir (1822-1911). The Narrative of an Explorer in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1853. 8vo (199 x 121 mm). 2 color-printed maps on one folding sheet, 5 tint

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[Travel & Exploration] Solis, Don Antonio de The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the: [Travel & Exploration] Solis, Don Antonio de The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards... Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, 1727. In two volumes. 12mo. Translated from the Spanish by Thomas T

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[Travel & Exploration] Martin, Francois-Xavier The: [Travel & Exploration] Martin, Francois-Xavier The History of North Carolina, From the Earliest Period New-Orleans: A.T. Penniman & Co., 1829. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo. xii, 325, (3), civ; (

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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. SVERDRUP, Otto (1854-1930). New Lan...: [TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. SVERDRUP, Otto (1854-1930). New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions. London, et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Frontispiece, 4 folding maps on 2 s

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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- WALLACE, Alfred Russel

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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise.... London: MacMillan and Co., 1869.

2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles; 2 folding maps, 6 plates. Publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt (recased preserving original endpapers, spines slightly leaned). Provenance: Marshall S. Foster (signatures).

Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition.
"On the basis of artistic format, literary style, and scientific merit, it is clearly one of the finest scientific travel books ever written" (DSB). During his travels in the East Indies from 1854-1862, Wallace formulated the principle of natural selection.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler

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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. -- WALLACE, Alfred Russel

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