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Lot 414

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: ‘THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO’

fourth edition, published by MacMillan and Co, 1872, three-quarter brown leather binding, ex libris Queenstown Library, retains fold-out map

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £50 - £100
Hammer price: £90
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

All of the illustrations and maps are present in this volume, checked off against the index.

'Twelve Wired Birds' has been inserted opposite p. 537 not 549 as instructed in index.

There is a finger nail size loss to edge of p. 494.

The index page is torn to bottom left corner where it meets the centre.

The 'Southern Part' fold out is damage to bottom right corner where it meets the centre

The volume ends on page 653.

There is slight foxing throughout.

The binding is bumped to spine, loose to spine, dog eared to corners and very rubbed to boards.

Inside front cover has three library stamps.



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