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Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) Island Life: or, the

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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. 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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MISC. HISTORICAL BOOKS: DARWINISM AN EXPOSITION OF NATURAL SELECTION by Alfred Russell Wallace New York 1889 â€“ With map and illustrations ARIZONA HISTORICAL REVIEW (Vol. 3 #3) July 1936 THE PEOPLES PICTORIAL EDITION.

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MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Narrative of a Four: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, A Peep at Polynesian Life. London: John Murray, 1846. 8vo. Map of

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Antilles, Or West India Islands: Title/Content of Map: Antilles, Or West India Islands Date Printed: 1893 ca. Cartographer: FISK & CO. Size: 9.25X12.25 Montreal plan on reverse. From The Columbian Atlas of the world we live in. Margi

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Scarce Amer. Rev. War map showing Manhattan, Marshall/Yeager 1832: Scarce Revolutionary War battle plan of the New York Campaign of 1776, from Marshall's Life of Washington. Shows the American positions on Manhattan Island. Covers the strategically important Manhatta

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Three 19th C Volumes - Biographies: One volume, Lives of Harrison and Morton by Gen. Lew Wallace, 1888. One volume, Garfield and Arthur by Gen Jas. S. Brisbin, 1880. One volume, Lives of Blaine and Logan by 1884. All Three volumes are h

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MARSHALL, John: The Life of George Washington: MARSHALL, John: The Life of George Washington Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. 5 volumes plus the Atlas volume of maps and subscriber's names, first edition, Volume II signed 'George Washington',

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Hondius' North America California an Island: Heading: Author: Hondius, Henricus Title: America Septentrionalis Place Published: Amsterdam Publisher: Date Published: 1636-[1639] Description: Copper-engraved map, lightly han

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(NEW YORK--LONG ISLAND.) F.W. Beers. Atlas of Long: (NEW YORK--LONG ISLAND.) F.W. Beers. Atlas of Long Island, New York. Profusion of hand-colored lithographed mapsheets, several folding (complete). Folio, 16x13 inches, publisher's morocco backed gilt-

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Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) Island Life: or, the

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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, additional maps and illustrations throughout, with a single sheet of publisher's ads bound after the text; bound in publisher's green pebbled cloth with gold and blind blocking, teg, 9 x 6 in.

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