Later printing. Stephen Jay Gould's influential first book, which is now seen as a key foundation for the evo-devo field of evolutionary theory. 501 pages. Third printing (1978). Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy in a like dust jacket. This copy belonged to Stephen Jay Gould (he seems to.....
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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.....
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First Edition. A paper on a proposed species of early, extinct hominin, which most now place in Australopithecus. This work was completed shortly before Broom's death in 1952. The final paper was prepared by his regular collaborator, John Talbom Robinson. Robinson and Broom discovered the nearly complete fossil skull of.....
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First Edition. A follow-up work on Plesianthropus transvaalensis (now classified as Australopithecus africanus), including the famous "Mrs. Ples" skull, by the men who discovered them in 1936. The book includes two separate papers published as Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 4. Part I: Further Evidence of the Structure of the Sterkfontein.....
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![Darwin's Notebooks of Transmutation of Species [6 volumes, complete]. Gavin de Beer](/pictures/thumb/307969.jpg?v=1621371755)
First Edition. Six volumes of the Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series in which Darwin's notebook is transcribed, with one volume of corrigenda and another on the pages removed by Darwin. All volumes very good or better in stapled wrappers (pamphlet form).
Price: $60
First Edition. 18 papers. 424 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover (no jacket, probably as issued). Stamped "review copy" at the front.
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First Edition. Russell's last work, submitted for publication before his death but not published until eight years after. Unlike his earlier and influential books on evolution, this one has attracted relatively little attention, "despite both its technical discussion of adaptations in decapods (crabs, shrimp, etc.) and its different approach to.....
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First Edition. "With examples selected from the reproductive, alimentary, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, osseous, locomotory, and other systems of animals... Illustrated by nearly two thousand figures, largely original and from nature." In this massive posthumous work, Pettigrew documents animal growth and motion in considerable detail with two goals in mind: to.....
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First Edition. xii, 275 pages. Folding tables; in-text illustrations. Christianity and science are used to argue against evolution, atheism, and agnosticism. First edition (first printing). Cloth a bit spotted, else very good. Ownership inscription dated 1894.
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First Edition. 108 pages. Monographs in Population Biology, no. 9. First edition (first printing, hardcover issue). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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First Edition. 246 pages. Monographs in Population Biology, no. 10. First edition (first printing, hardcover issue). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. This copy belonged to the evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould, with a posthumous bookplate indicating the provenance and a slip laid in addressed to Gould from the.....
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First Edition. 297 pages. Extensively illustrated. First edition (first printing). Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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First Edition. 171 pages plus ads. 5 by 7-1/2 inches. An introduction to evolutionary theory published in conjunction with the Century of Progess World's Fair in Chicago. First edition (first printing). Very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.
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First Edition. 42 pages, plus 8 plates. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. Article I of The Bashford Dean Memorial Volume: Archaic Fishes. A memorial volume on Dean, who was an expert on fish and evolution, and a noted collector of armor. With a bibliography of Dean's 315 publications. First edition, first.....
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