WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Island Life or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras including Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of geological climates. London; McMillan, 1902.

8vo. Color-printed frontispiece; numerous maps and diagrams. Original publisher's green cloth gilt (touch of wear to spine ends and corners, otherwise bright.) Provenance: William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938), natural historian (correspondence, see below).

Third edition, PRESENTATION COPY, with a printed Author's Compliments slip laid in. This third edition was corrected and enlarged with the addition of 40 additional pages of text. Clarke, a naturalist, became Curator of Leeds Museum in 1884, and later joined the Natural History Department at the Royal Scottish Museum in 1888, where he became the Keeper from 1906 to 1921. He contributed papers to The Ibis from 1894-1900, focusing on birds from the Philippines.

[Tipped in:] THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, FROM WALLACE to William Eagle Clarke. WALLACE CORRESPONDS WITH CLARKE REGARDING CORRECTIONS FOR AN UPCOMING EDITION OF ISLAND LIFE.

WALLACE, Alfred Russel. Autograph letter signed ("Alfred R. Wallace"), to William Eagle Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 31 May 1901. 2 pages, 8vo. "I see you have written on birds of the Philippines in the 'Ibis' last year. I write to ask you if you can kindly give me the total number of species now known, to correct the statement at p.388 of my 'Island Life,' of which I am preparing a new edition." On pp.388 of the present copy, Wallace writes: "Mr. W. Eagle Clarke has given me the latest figures by including all the new species discovered up to the present year (1901)...".

WALLACE. ALS ("Alfred R. Wallace"), to Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 21 July 1901. 1 page, 8vo. "Many thanks for the lists you have been so good as to send..." -- WALLACE. ALS ("Alfred R. Wallace") to Clarke. Parkstone, Dorset, 14 November 1901. 1 page, 8vo. "Will you be so good as to look over the enclosed proofs of list of Philippine Mammals, and correct any errors of spelling or any omissions..." A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.

Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum

WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Island Life or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras including Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of geological climates. London; McMillan, 1902.