Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) occupies a unique position in 19th-century science. ISBN 10: 0486201872ISBN 13: 9780486201870, From: Paperback. Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1890. , xiv, 515 pages, illustrated title page, 52 black and white illustrations 'drawn on wood', including frontispiece 'Orang-Utan attacked by Dyaks', 10 maps - 2 of which fold out and have some coloured sections, . cloth, dustjacket. Wallace formulated his theory during his Indonesian journeys which totaled 14,000 miles and garnered more than 125,000 specimens. with a glossary malay-dutch. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Natural selection. The Malay Archipelago:The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. Leather Bound. Periplus Editions, 2000. This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover {HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE}, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1869. See Figure original shall prevail.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back. 1. one of the finest scientific travel books ever written The Malay Archipelago is one of the most celebrated of all scientific travel books. London, 1960. Published by cloth with covertitle in bold red type. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. More information about this seller The book describes each island that he visited in turn, giving a detailed account of its physical and human geography, its volcanoes, and the variety of animals and plants that he found and collected. : Prolemonegon, Pre-Dutch Period, Dutch Period, Foreign influence on Shingalese, Sinhala Vocables of dutch origin.Still an important inquiry intoforeign influence on the inhala vocables. Reproductions after the original illustrations in woodcut and colour are of reasonable quality. [9], The Anthropological Review notes that while the descriptions of animal life are "full of interest", "our readers, as anthropologists, will, however, take a keener interest" in the "great man-like ape of Borneo,—the orang-utan, or mias, as it is called by the aborigines". The village of Dobbo held that evening at least one contented man. Decorated by hand. Despite this "grave" fault, the reviewer considers the book to be of immense value, and that it would become a standard work on the region. Voyages and travels. Recased with later endpapers. Condition: VERY GOOD. Periplus Editions. Customer service is our top priority!. 6. Can be tooled in gilt or blind. Condition: New. His studies there were eventually published in 1869 as The Malay Archipelago which was also published in America the same year.In 1855, Wallace published a paper, "On the Law Which has regulated the Introduction of Species" (1855), in which he gathers and enumerates general observations regarding the geographic and geologic distribution of species, and concludes that "Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a closely allied species." Preface, general abbreviations, dictionaries consulted, Sinhala alphabet, references, indexes (proper names, Sinhala Vocables with their foreign origins), table of contents. Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Original coloured glossy limp wrappers. Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913), author; Van Wyhe, John (1971-) and Rookmaaker, L.C., eds, Published by About this Item: New Haven, 1967. Voyages and travels. More information about this seller Published by The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. Small 8°, cloth, original dj., 255pp. From: Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Malay Archipelago: A Travel Narrative. The review describes in detail Wallace's findings of different birds and mammals either side of the Wallace line. Seller Inventory # 56985. Seller Inventory # 31787080-n. More information about this seller Singapore was covered in wooded hills, and the sawn wood and rotten trunks supported innumerable beetles for the naturalist to study. World of Books Inc It was based on Darwin's own long collecting trip on HMS Beagle, its publication precipitated by a famous letter from Wallace, sent during the period covered by The Malay Archipelago while he was staying in Ternate, which described the theory of evolution by natural selection in outline. Published by HPB-Diamond Shipped from UK. Seller Inventory # S_267463011. Great deals on 1st Edition Antiquarian & Collectible Books in Malay. Volume 3 Language: English. His book is a magnificent combination of interesting sketches of travel and vivid pictures of natural history of the Indo-Malay islands, The Timor, Celebes ad Papuan group, and the Moluccas. This modesty belies the fact that while in Sarawak in 1855 Wallace wrote the paper On the Law which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species, concluding with the evolutionary "Sarawak Law", "Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a closely allied species", three years before he fatefully wrote to Darwin proposing the concept of natural selection. But the review then agrees that the book will "make the world wiser about its more solitary and singular children, hid away over the seas", and opines that no-one will mind paying the price of the book to read about the birds of paradise, "those bird-angels, with flaming wings of crimson and gold and scarlet, who twitter and gambol and make merry among the great island trees, while the Malay hunts for them with his blunt-headed arrows..." The review concludes that the book is a fresh and valuable record of "a remote and romantic land". Established seller since 2000. Cape Town, Maskew Miller, [. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. | Contact this seller (Paperback), Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States. [5] It was first published in Spring 1869 as a single volume first edition, however was reprinted in two volumes by Macmillan (London), marked second edition the same year by Harper & Brothers (New York). The book’s binder would often remove and discard the half title at the time of binding. Upon returning to England in 1862, Wallace enjoyed an enviable reputation as a naturalist. From: Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 53781. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less. Very fine copy.
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