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Rare and modern books

Darwin Charles

On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joseph W. Williams. THE FIRST WILLIAMS EDITION

Walter Scott, 1891

264.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1891
Author
Darwin Charles
Publishers
Walter Scott
Keyword
natural history, darwin, charles darwin, coral reefs, pacific, evolution, genetics, beagle
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition thus, with folding coloured map as frontispiece, 4 coloured plates and 8 woodcut illustrations in the text; original red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published as no. 64 in the series 'Scott Library', with 18pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first of the two editions edited by Williams, following those of Bonney (1889) and Judd (1890). VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 91.
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