Lizards: study in thermoregulation.
London: Edward Arnold, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. Studies in Biology number109. More about Lizards: study in thermoregulation
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Variation in mammalian populations.
London: Academic Press, 1970. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, number 26. More about Variation in mammalian populations
Body heat: temperature and life on earth.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. Small octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. In this entertaining and illuminating book, the biopsychologist Mark Blumberg explores the many ways that temperature rules the lives of all animals (including humans). More about Body heat: temperature and life on earth
Hominoid evolution and climatic change in Europe, volume two: phylogeny of the Neogene hominoid primates of Eurasia.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume explores hominoid evolution in Eurasia during the Miocene. What is the place of Europe in the origin of humankind? Whilst our earliest human ancestors may have come out of Africa, many of our more... More about Hominoid evolution and climatic change in Europe, volume two: phylogeny of the Neogene hominoid...
Vie et moeurs des mammiferes: locomotion, alimentation, abri, protection, reproduction, migrations, vie sociale, ecologie.
Paris: Payot, 1951. Quarto, signature, illustrations, softcover, front wrapper missing. French. More about Vie et moeurs des mammiferes: locomotion, alimentation, abri, protection, reproduction,...
The skeletal biology of earlier human populations.
London: Pergamon Press, 1968. Octavo, text illustrations, signature. More about The skeletal biology of earlier human populations
Geology and mineralogy, considered with reference to natural theology.
London: William Pickering, (1837. second edition). Octavo, 69 plates. Publisher's cloth with printed labels, some foxing throughout but a sound set. Published as part of the Bridgewater Treatises. The Earl of Bridgewater, a gentleman naturalist, commissioned eight Bridgewater Treatises upon his deathbed to explore "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of... More about Geology and mineralogy, considered with reference to natural theology
The making of the fittest: DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
London: Quercus, 2008. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. DNA evidence not only solves crimes - if you know how to read it, it can also reveal the history of life on earth. This fast-paced book guides the general reader on a tour of the DNA record left by three billion years of... More about The making of the fittest: DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution
Synopsis of animal classification.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. More about Synopsis of animal classification
A list of the names proposed for genera and subgenera of recent mammals from the publication of T. S. Palmer's 'Index Generum Mammalium' 1904 to the end of 1951.
London: British Museum, 1953. Octavo, binder's cloth, signature. More about A list of the names proposed for genera and subgenera of recent mammals from the publication of...
The lopsided ape.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo, graphs, owner's signature, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More about The lopsided ape
A world list of mammalian species.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1991. third edition). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about A world list of mammalian species
The evolution of man and society.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. Octavo, dustwrapper. More about The evolution of man and society
The sciences were never at war.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about The sciences were never at war
Analysis of evolutionary processes: the adaptive dynamics approach and its applications.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Quantitative approaches to evolutionary biology traditionally consider evolutionary change in isolation from an important pressure in natural selection: the demography of coevolving populations. In this book, Fabio Dercole and Sergio Rinaldi have written the first comprehensive book on Adaptive Dynamics... More about Analysis of evolutionary processes: the adaptive dynamics approach and its applications
The making of a scientist.
New York: Macmillan, 1938. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More about The making of a scientist
Dear Mr. Darwin: letters on the evolution of life and human nature.
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 about Dear Mr. Darwin: letters on the evolution of life and human nature
Human origins.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Octavo, photographs, signature, publisher's cloth. More about Human origins
The mammalian radiations: an analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, and behaviour.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More about The mammalian radiations: an analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, and behaviour
Ethology of mammals.
London: Elek Science, (1973. reprint). Octavo, black and white photographs, signature, a sound copy in grubby dustwrapper. More about Ethology of mammals
Mammal collection management.
Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1987. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More about Mammal collection management
Animal Taxonomy.
London: Edward Arnold, 1982. Octavo, softcover, text illustrations. Studies in Biology Number 143. More about Animal Taxonomy
Seven-language thesaurus of European animals.
London: Chapman and Hall, [c.1990]. Octavo, fine set in dustwrappers. This dictionary contains, in more than 12,000 separate entries, about 150,000 names of animals occurring in the area of zoogeographical Europe. All headwords are in Latin, arranged alphabetically; they are followed by their equivalents in German, English, French, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian. More about Seven-language thesaurus of European animals
Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1990. Large octavo, colour photographs, fine set in dustwrappers. More about Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals
Victorian hill and dale. A series of geological rambles.
Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian, 1911. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, slight shelf wear. More about Victorian hill and dale. A series of geological rambles