Surtsey: evolution of life on a volcanic island.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1975. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1975. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 265, 1968. Octavo, signature, softcover. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations. A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolution How Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviours we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds..... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
London: Macmillan, (1869. first edition). Octavo, folding table. Modern binder's cloth and endpapers, early photograph of Galton pasted on free front endpaper, small library stamp on title page. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. Brings together nineteen review articles written for Nature over the past decade by many of the major figures in paleontology and evolution. The editor gives new commentary and updated references. More
Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1987. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Paris: L. Curmer, 1844. Large octavo, 60 chromolithograhic plates, 14 unnumbered plates, text illustrations. contemporary quarter morooc and raised bands, marbled boards, some wear and a few spots in volume two, a sound set. More
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. Small quarto, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1975. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1978. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Studies in Biology, number 143. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. Octavo, phorographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Turning to modern concepts, Gould demonstrates that, even though the whole subject of parallels between ontogeny and phylogeny fell into disrepute, it is still one of the great themes of evolutionary biology. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Octavo, colour plates. A classic account of evolutionary biology. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Octavo, paperback, colour plates. A detailed and careful examination of behavior and ecology in the wild. More
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1987. Octavo, diagrams, very good in dustwrapper. More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
London: British Museum, 1874. Octavo, 30 uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's brown cloth, spine badly split with pieces missing, ex-library, scarce. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. WAS $100. A summary of the current knowledge of the biology of Australian lizards (five families and 475 species). Companion volume to "The biology and evolution of Australian snakes" by same author. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, text illustrations. A 'companion' volume to the same author's The biology and evolution of Australian lizards, published in 1989. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1985. Quarto, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. Based on papers presented at the 1984 Australian Herpetological Conference held at the University of Sydney. Together, the information presented comprises a major review of frog and reptile biology. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2001. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. WAS $100. This book provides a major and up to date review of the diverse fields of crocodilian research, including palaeo-biology and phylogenetics, reproductive and developmental biology, functional morphology and biomechanics, physiological ecology and population ecology and behaviour. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white, and colour photographs. This book offers the first summary of Ptilochronology, the study of the growth of bird feathers as an indicator of health and nutritional condition. Offers insights into the methods, conceptual issues and related research and is..... More