First Edition. With an introductory commentary and editorial contributions by Harry J. Jerison. Translated by Harry J. Jerison and Irene Jerison. vii, 340 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. This copy with Stephen Jay Gould's ownership signature. This copy came from.....

First Edition. Nozick "renews Socrates’s quest to uncover the life that is worth living. In brave and moving meditations on love, creativity, happiness, sexuality, parents and children, the Holocaust, religious faith, politics, and wisdom, The Examined Life brings philosophy back to its preeminent subject, the things that matter most."—the publisher.....

First Edition. A synthesis of three decades of study and writing about evolutionary theory. Gould, ever the historian of science, traces the development of evolution in order to make his case that biologists put too much emphasis on the "design" embodied in natural selection and too little on random chance.....

First Edition. viii, 88 pages. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a short tear at the top of the spine. Inscribed by the author to the National Book Award-winning evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould: "For Stephen.....

First Edition. "Adaptive radiation—the rise of a diversity of ecological roles and attendant adaptations within a lineage—is one of the most important processes bridging ecology and evolution"—the back cover. Twenty-one essays. xvii, 621 pages. First edition. A near fine copy (minor bumping to the corners) in illustrated boards. This copy is.....

First Edition. 155 pages. 11 pages of plates. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This copy is inscribed by one of the authors (not sure which one) to the paleontologist and evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould: "Professor Stephen J. Gould with the best compliments of.....

First Edition. A reprint of this precursor to Malthus' work on population. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by Montagu to the evolutionist and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould: "For Steve, Affectionately from Ashley. 29 June 1981." Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg) was.....

First Edition. Correct first edition (first printing), preceding the US edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with her true name, "Ruth Rendell as [Barbara Vine] To Stephen Gould with best wishes." The recipient was Stephen Jay Gould, the noted American paleontologist.....

First Edition. A collection of popular science essays, including the title piece on grafts and transplants, the field for which Medawar won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1960. Medawar (1915–1987) was a distinguished scientist whose research contributed significantly toward transplants as a medical therapy. He was also an innovative thinker.....

First Edition. An illustrated picture book, winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some tanning to the white spine. Caldecott Medal sticker on the front cover. Very nicely inscribed with a......

First Edition. The novelist and lifelong Boston Red Sox fan writes about the team during the 1987 season. First edition (first printing with row of letters beginning with A on the copyright page). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author.....

First Edition. An exhibition monograph of Ross's color photographs taken in museums, often behind the scenes. Many of the photographs document taxidermied animals in storage. 79 pages. Introduction by Marcia Tucker; essay by David Mellor. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the Harvard.....

x, 1012 pages. Second edition. Near fine in illustrated boards, a touch faded at the spine. This copy inscribed by Montagu to the evolutionist and paleontologist, Stephen Jay Gould: "To Steve Gould, with best wishes from Ashley Montagu. April 1978."