Neo-Darwinism.
London: Edward Arnold, 1982. Octavo, softcover. The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology volume 144. More
GENERAL - Evolution
Inheritance and natural history.
London: Collins, 1977. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist number 61. More
The natural history of Shetland.
London: Collins, (1980. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, scarce. New Naturalist 64. More
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
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
Fossil men: elements of human palaeontology.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, (1923. second edition). Tall octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Evolution: the history of an idea.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2003. third edition). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Since its original publication in 1983, Evolution: the history of an idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This new edition has..... More
Evolution and pollution.
London: Edward Arnold, 1981. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Studies in biology, number 130. More
The skeletal biology of earlier human populations.
London: Pergamon Press, 1968. Octavo, text illustrations, signature. More
The illustrated Origin of species: abridged and introduced by Richard E. Leakey.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, photographs, signature, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
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
Climbing Mount Improbable.
London: Viking, 1996. Octavo, black and white illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The selfish gene.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1976. first edition), Octavo, illustrations, owner's signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving..... More
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
Human origins.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Octavo, photographs, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Evolutionary theory: a hierarchical perspective.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Octavo, softcover. The natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically structured, with smaller units forming the components of progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual organisms, which are united into populations and..... More
Foundations of social evolution.
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1998. Octavo, softcover. This is a masterly theoretical treatment of one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative..... More
Evidence of evolution.
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
Population, evolution and birth control: A collage of controversial ideas
Santa Barbara: The Author, (1969. second edition), Octavo, Slightly worn and yellowed dust wrapper. More
The living stream: a restatement of evolution theory and its relation to the spirit of man.
London: Collins, 1965. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Sex ratio: concepts and research methods.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. Sex ratios: concepts and research methods provides both context to and instruction on many aspects of research on sex ratios. Unlike other books on the topic, it covers both how to carry out research on sex ratios and why such research..... More
Darwin's dice: the idea of chance in the thought of Charles Darwin.
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
Evolution and animal life: an elementary discussion of facts, processes, laws and theories relating to the life and evolution of animals.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. Octavo, photographs and text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
Annie's box: Charles Darwin, his daughter and human evolution.
London: Fourth Estate, 2001. Octavo, photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Darwin's eldest daughter Annie died when she was only ten years old. In the writing case are keepsakes of her life that cast precious light on Darwin's work and on his love for his wife and children. Taking..... More
Lowly origin: where, when, and why our ancestors first stood up.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More