{"product_id":"darwinism-by-alfred-russell-wallace","title":"Darwinism by Alfred Russel Wallace","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Wallace, Alfred Russel\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Darwinism \u003cbr\u003eSubtitle: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Macmillan and Co. \u003cbr\u003eDate: 1901 \u003cbr\u003ePlace: London \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 8vo. 20cm x 14.5cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3rd edition. \u003cbr\u003exx+494pp+ii(pub ads)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWallace’s most cited book and his defence against the critics of Darwinism. Wallace, who independently discovered evolution by natural selection and whose discovery prompted Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species, does not agree with Darwin on some of the finer points of his theory, introduces some new concepts to the field of evolutionary biology in this work and here lays the groundwork for post-Darwinian theories of evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen cloth covered boards, gilt titles to spine, blind and gilt decorations to boards.\u003cbr\u003eEx-library: Johannesburg Book Club, with the club’s membership rules and fees pasted to front paste down, purple pen cancellation inscription overtop and 2\/6 in same hand to f.f.e.p. \u003cbr\u003eNeat stamps to title page, p1, 101, 201, 301, 401 not encroaching into text.\u003cbr\u003eSlight offsetting of stamp to portrait frontispiece tissue guard, catalogue numbering to colophon. Neat, black pen lines in margins of pp242\/3. A few white spots to top board. Very faint black ‘E’ and (3 numbers?) below. Scuff to fore edge corner of lower edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther than the above, the book is Very Good indeed, tight, square binding, internally bright and clean, the fold out map crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51678410211648,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/4460\/7040\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-01T163052.953.jpg?v=1775053875","url":"https:\/\/www.rayvanwykrarebooks.com\/products\/darwinism-by-alfred-russell-wallace","provider":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}