Charles Darwin's letters: a selection.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1998. reprint). Octavo, softcover. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1998. reprint). Octavo, softcover. More
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Norwalk: The Eastern Press, 1976. Quarto, handsome text illustrations. Publisher's full gilt morocco, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, a fine copy. The text for this production was taken from the 1872 sixth edition. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, (1887-1891. Octavo, plates and text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides and edges. The set consists of the following, all are the American New York editions published by D. Appelton and Company except for The life and letters of Charles Darwin published by John..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. The imagined two-way correspondence between the author, Dover, and Darwin about the surprising findings of modern genetics and the evolution of biological novelties, from genes to organisms, is both erudite and entertaining. In the process, Dover presents a startingly original..... More
London: Orion Publishing, 2000. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. 'Dear Mr Darwin - You might find it presumptuous of me, if not a little macabre, that I should take up my pen and write to you more than a hundred years after your death...Despite the gulf that separates us in time..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2009. Small quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, this celebration of evolutionary development combines beautiful photographs of plants and animals with a clear, concept-based text to express Darwin's greatest discovery to..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo, black and white illustrations, dustwrapper. For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory. Emphasizing chance is an entire way of thinking about nature, and it is also one of the key ideas..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Los Angeles: Reed Books, (1978. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. WAS $80. This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of the avifauna of Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory. Darwin has retained all of its original habitats in near-pristine condition, and is home or host to 323 bird species. Following an..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This alphabetically arranged reference, an immensely entertaining browser's delight, offers a dazzling overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his incredibly wide sphere of influence. Authoritative and abundantly illustrated, it illuminates the ways in which..... More
[New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. Also available in hardback see stock id: 19419. More
Leiden: Brill, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1909. Octavo, inscribed by the author, publisher's cloth. More
Atlantic Monthly Press, Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations. Draws on a rich range of sources including letters, diary enteries and the accounts of Darwin and Fitzroy. 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
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
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
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, This fascinating collection of essays exposes us as the animals that we are while explaining behaviours that are deeply and recognizably human. The first section, 'Our Genes and Who We Are', focuses on our genetic endowment and the forces it creates in our lives..... More
Harpenden: Brambleby Books, 2014. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, graphs, tables. The African Queen is one of the world's commonest butterflies, principally in Africa and Asia. The book concerns its lifecycle and ecology, behaviour, genetics, host preferences, parasites and migration, and especially its phylogeny and evolution. This is..... More
Washington: Smithsonian, (1989. reprint). Quarto, photographs, softcover. More
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2012. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More