In the blink of an eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life.
Cambridge: Perseus Books, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Cambridge: Perseus Books, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Leiden: Brill, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1993. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. Examines the process of evolutionary "branching" by which new species are produced. This collection of Paterson's writings on speciation and how it occurs suggest that it is not an adaptive process but a passive consequence of the..... More
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1978. Octavo, illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1967. Octavo, More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2010. Octavo, colour photographs, distribution maps, tables, Entirely devoted to semantic mark up of taxonomic literature and its implementation for semantic enhancements of published texts and their importance for increased convenience in reading, archiving, future data mining and reuse. Several novelties are described in the two forum papers..... More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1940-1987. Octavo, publisher's cloth binding, some minor wear. Lacks volumes three and six, volume one is the second edition and some other volumes are reprints. More
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, (1967. fourth edition). Octavo, text illustrations, checklists in pocket at back, laminated boards. More
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1909. Octavo, inscribed by the author, publisher's cloth. More
New York: AtlasBooks, 2006. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Traces the twenty-one-year period between Charles Darwin's original idea about natural selection and the publication of "On the Origin of Species," in an account that offers insight into his experiences as a cautious naturalist. More
Lawrence: Association of Systematics Collections, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
New York: Doubleday, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper. The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast, the gorilla, only to stumble straight into the centre of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution..... More
West Sussex: Princeton University Press, 1998. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper. Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago - Charles Darwin's..... More
London: Longmans, 1961. Octavo, slightly chipped dustwrapper, inscription. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999. second edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. "No other account of the Darwinian Revolution provides so detailed and sympathetic an account of the framework within which the scientific debates took place." Peter J. Bowler, Canadian Journal of History. Also available in hardcover [stock id 27289]... More
New York: Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, 1965. Small quarto, black and white photographs, very good in wrappers. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1985. third edition), Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1976. Octavo, photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1958. Octavo, chipped dustwrapper. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Why do we age? Why cooperate? Why do so many species engage in sex? Why do the tropics have so many species? When did humans start to affect world climate? This book provides an introduction to a range of..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a few spots. More
Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union, 1963. Large octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, fine copy. More
Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union, 1963. Large octavo, colour frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's cloth, fine copy. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Quarto, maps, very good copy in slightly blemished dustwrapper. Charles Sibley's place in twentieth century ornithology is assured. His pioneering genetic work, often controversial, is now widely accepted as offering fresh insights into the taxonomic relationships of birds. This text is a basic reference..... More