First Edition. A notable association copy of this Civil War study, inscribed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McPherson to paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould with a fascinating reference to their shared intellectual interests. McPherson reframes the Civil War as a revolutionary movement, examining how the conflict fundamentally transformed American society and.....

First Edition. Stephen Jay Gould's copy of this photography monograph, to which he contributes the introduction. The book is signed by the photographer's three sons. 132 pages. 9-7/8 by 11-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust.....

First Edition. Rogovin, a photographer born in 1909, took portrait photographs in the multi-ethnic lower west side of Buffalo, New York, in 1973. He returned again in the mid-1980s and in 1992 and photographed the same subjects. The three images, showing children growing into adulthood and parents becoming elderly, families.....

First Edition. A late work summarizing Gulick's views on divergent evolution with what might today be called "contingency": "members of the same species, exposed to the same environment in isolated groups, will often arrive at divergent methods of dealing with the environment." He goes on to conclude that the assumption.....

First Edition. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. pp. 453–527. 8-1/4 by 11-5/8 inches. First separate edition. Covers with light wear, thus very good in wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the front cover, "To Stephen Gould, with thanks for your analysis of Dollo's thoughts. Maurice.....

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. Graham, a historian of science, was an expert on science in Russia. 177 pages. First edition (first printing, wrappers issue). A near fine paperback copy (it was also issued in hardcover). Inscribed by Graham to the evolutionary theorist and historian of science, Stephen Jay Gould: "To Steve, in.....

First Edition. A novel, in French. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback) in a fine dust jacket. This copy is nicely inscribed to the writer and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. On the final blank, Gould has noted two page numbers in pencil, his practice for annotating.....

First Edition. A portrait of rich environmental and cultural heritage of the Amazon, told through oral histories, stories, and published accounts. The author is a Brazil expert at UC Berkeley and did extensive field work in South America. 332 pages. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A......

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.....