Darwinism by Alfred Wallace (1889) first edition book

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Alfred Wallace - Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications

New York: Humboldt Publishing, 1889. First American edition (first published same year by Macmillan in London). Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 332, exclusive of publisher's catalogue following text (25 unnumbered pages). Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Illustrated with map and drawings. Good condition. Light rubbing to covers; toning to endpapers. Clean interior. Fold-out map insert at page 236 is slightly protuberant and consequently edgeworn to the depth of its exposure (2mm or so--see photographs).












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