1899, ISBN: a1ce6fc84f2d34059d9ccd7a285413b6

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Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: R. & R. Clark, Limited for Macmillan and Co., Limited, London], Octavo (250 x 170mm), pp. xv, [1 (blank)], 552. Illustrations in the text, 35 full-page… Plus…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: R. & R. Clark, Limited for Macmillan and Co., Limited, London], Octavo (250 x 170mm), pp. xv, [1 (blank)], 552. Illustrations in the text, 35 full-page, and 4 folding maps printed in black and blue. (Occasional light spotting, some light, generally unobtrusive bumping or chipping of margins.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, top edges gilt, others uncut. (Light offsetting on endpapers, a few light marks and bumps, extremities lightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped.) A very good copy in the original cloth. Provenance: The Times Book Club, London (bookseller's ticket) -- A.R. Partridge, 3 April 1914 (ownership inscription) -- Dorothy Geidt, 1934 (pencilled ownership inscription). ¶¶¶First English edition. The zoologist and traveller Semon (1859-1918) was born in Berlin and became interested in natural history through his reading of the works of Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel (Darwin's leading German disciple), and other naturalists. In 1879 Semon entered Jena University to study zoology under Haeckel and then in 1881 enrolled at Heidelberg University to study medicine, where he also attended lectures on zoology. He was awarded his doctorate at Jena in 1883 and the following year he qualified as a medical doctor at Heidelberg. In 1885 Semon took part in Robert Flegel's last expedition to Africa but was forced to return home due to malaria, and instead spent 1885-1886 working at the Zoological Station in Naples with his compatriot Anton Dohrn (a scientific associate of both Darwin and Haeckel). Semon returned to Jena in 1886 to take up a position at the university and in 1891 he was appointed associate professor, but prior to commencing his new role he embarked on a scientific expedition to Australia and the Indonesian Archipelago (1891-1893). The results of his extensive travels through the area were published in four volumes as Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel (Jena, 1893-1913), which were 'important contributions to the vertebrate zoology of the explored regions' (Wood). Alongside these volumes detailing the scientific findings of the expedition, Semon published a popular narrative under the title Im australischen Busch und an den Küsten des Korallenmeeres. Reiseerlebnisse und Beobachtungen eines Naturforschers in Australia, New-Guinea und den Molukken (Leipzig, 1896; translated into English under the present title), since '[m]uch [. . .] that I experienced and observed during my travels is ill-adapted to [the earlier work], which appeals exclusively to the professed naturalist. Many occasional observations concerning animals and plants, countries and their inhabitants, and the impressions produced by the sight of the Australian Bush, the Coral Islands of Torres Straits, the tropical charms of New Guinea, Java, and Amboyna, as well as a general picture of that far Australian world, its continents and islands, could only find expression in the freer and more popular form of a book of travel. Thus it is that this simple narrative, which perchance may offer some special interest to the naturalist, is intended for the reader who likes to accompany a traveller to foreign shores and nations; for him who does not mind entering into his labours and worries, but who, on the other hand, may perhaps find pleasure in sharing his delight in nature and in human life, a delight awaiting any one happy enough to behold those glorious regions with clear eyes and a responsive mind' (p. viii). In his 'Preface to the English Edition' Semon states that the English text was 'written under my own superintendence' but 'its contents do not differ in any important particular from the German edition' (p. [ix]). Nonetheless, George Bond Howes, who saw the English edition through the press, 'improv[ed] it [. . .] in various directions, particularly by some alterations made necessary by the progress of science since the commencement of the book’. BM(NH) VIII, p. 1178; Ferguson 15574; Wood p. 562. ¶¶¶Please contact us for shipping prices., Books<

1899, ISBN: a1ce6fc84f2d34059d9ccd7a285413b6

London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Gutters split at hinges. Hinges very weak. Heavy bumps to corners of rear board. Moderate flecking to… Plus…

London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Gutters split at hinges. Hinges very weak. Heavy bumps to corners of rear board. Moderate flecking to cloth boards. Internally good. No signatures. Some foxing but no tears or repairs to folding maps. Binding a little shaky. ; xv, [1], 552 pages + 86 plates + 4 folding maps at rear. Original green cloth boards. Top page edges gilt.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall ., Macmillan and Co., 1899, 2<

1899, ISBN: a1ce6fc84f2d34059d9ccd7a285413b6

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Gebraucht, [SC: 27.63], [PU: Macmillan and Co., London], AUSTRALIAN, Gutters split at hinges. Hinges very weak. Heavy bumps to corners of rear board. Moderate flecking to cloth boards. In… Plus…

Gebraucht, [SC: 27.63], [PU: Macmillan and Co., London], AUSTRALIAN, Gutters split at hinges. Hinges very weak. Heavy bumps to corners of rear board. Moderate flecking to cloth boards. Internally good. No signatures. Some foxing but no tears or repairs to folding maps. Binding a little shaky. ; xv, [1], 552 pages + 86 plates + 4 folding maps at rear. Original green cloth boards. Top page edges gilt.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall<

1899, ISBN: a1ce6fc84f2d34059d9ccd7a285413b6

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Macmillan & Co, 1899. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, Royal octavo, 10" x 7 1/2", lately bound in green full morocco, five raised bands to spine, two compa… Plus…

Macmillan & Co, 1899. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, Royal octavo, 10" x 7 1/2", lately bound in green full morocco, five raised bands to spine, two compartments lettered gilt, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, new endpapers, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, four folding maps to the rear, eighty-six illustrations, xv + 552pp., Macmillan & Co, 1899, 3<