Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Valerie Curtis presents a powerful theory based on recent experiments: that the origin of disgust lies in the avoidance of parasites. But in humans, with our complex social lives, it seems that the disgust response has spread much wider than its..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, diagrams. This book presents an insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour. It also provides an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology. Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. Octavo, dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's quarter leather, limited to 1500 copies. More
London: John Murray, (1839. first edition). Octavo, two folding maps, four text illustrations. Modern blue half morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt, the maps with some oxidation otherwise the contents crisp and clean. Charles Darwin's first book. "His first published book is undoubtably the most often read and stands only..... More
Adelaide: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's quarter leather, limited to 1500 copies A fine modern edition of The Origin and an ideal reading copy. 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
London: Vintage, 2009. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This title is presented with an introduction by Darwin's great-great-granddaughter, Ruth Padel. When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would form the basis of..... More
Danbury: Grolier Enterprises, 1980. Octavo, blindstamped rexine. More
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Stephen Daubert presents twenty-six new stories that pull the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecological processes ranging from the microscopic to the tectonic. Many show surprising intersections of creatures from different realms or the..... More
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. In these stories, Steve Daubert pulls the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecological processes - great moments in evolution, and you are there! From vanishing neon flying squids to dinosaur habitat upheavals by earthquake, each tale brings..... More
Harlow: Longman Scientific & Technical, (1986. first edition), Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Viking, 1996. Octavo, black and white illustrations, Slightly used dustwrapper, otherwise a very good copy. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2008. reprint). Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The extended phenotype carries on from where The selfish gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1976. first edition), Octavo, illustrations, owner's signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2006. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene..... More
Yale University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of humankind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve of late has also pondered deeply the future of life on this planet..... More
London: F C and J Rivington, (1809. first English edition). Octavo, publisher's boards, worn, all pages uncut. The bookplate of Barron Field, with an inscription from the translator to Field; a very good copy. Translated from the French manuscript by the Rev. Henry de la Fite of Trinity College, Oxford..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, graphs. Brings together a global team of leading authorities to provide a comprehensive overview of the fascinating and diverse field of avian incubation. Starting with a new assessment of the evolution of avian reproductive biology in light of..... More
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume sixteen, part eight, 1903. Large quarto, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, small library stamp on front end paper, otherwise a good copy. More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1992-2013. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, some dustwrappers sunned A complete set, including the supplementary volume, of the finest technical bird book ever published. More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1996. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, a very good copy in dustwrapper. T. More
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Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1994. Quarto, colour plates and photographs, maps, tape marks, dustwrapper. To be completed in sixteen volumes. Species accounts cover taxonomy, distribution (including subspecies), habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, status and conservation. This volume includes new world vultures, osprey, hawks, eagles, Secretarybird, falcons, caracaras, megapodes, chachalacas, guans, currassows, turkeys..... More
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. Having finished the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), Lynx has now published a checklist in association with BirdLife: HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World. This is not part of the HBW collection..... More
