Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras including a Revision and attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates
- Publisher : MacMillan and Co.
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : col frontis, 2 plates, text figs
Description:
2nd revised edition (original edition published in 1880). Written as a sequel to the author's Geographical Distribution of Animals (1876).
Freeman, 3865.
Condition
8vo, orig. green cloth, joints lightly rubbed, some wear to head/foot of spine and corners. Both hinges cracked, but firm; front endpaper separating at lower gutter. Bookseller's small ticket to top edge of front pastedown. Large blank section torn from upper part of half-title (probably to remove a previous owner's name). Tissue guard to frontis browned. One page with dogeared corner and 6cm closed tear (without loss). Good.