Darwin On The Origin Of Species

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DARWIN, C. On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by C.G. Darwin. Adelaide: -, 1963. ; fester Einband / hard cover

Illustrated with wood engravings by P. Landacre. 4to, pp. xxxii, 470, one- quarter leather (minor spots on fore-edge of pp.), slipcase. The Limited Editions Club. Number 316 of 1500 copies.

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Tax, Sol: Evolution After Darwin (3 volumes: The Evolution of Life; The Evolution of Man; Issues in Evolution) Chicago The University of Chicago Press 1960 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.
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Blue & putty cloth, black titles. Vol. 1: viii, 629 pp, chapter bibliographies. Vol. 2: viii, 473 pp, footnotes, chapter bibliographies. Vol. 3: viii, 310 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, index to all three volumes. Boards spotted, edges and first and/or last few leaves of each volume foxed, otherwise very good, owner's name & date stamped on fpds. Proceedings of a conference celebrating the centennial of the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species. Contains papers, both historical and on current topics, by Sol Tax, Julian Huxley, Harlow Shapley, Hans Gaffron, Earl A. Evans, Jr., Bernhard Rensch, George Gaylord Simpson, E. B. Ford, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Daniel I. Axelrod, Alfred E. Emerson, Ernst Mayr, C. H. Waddington, Th. Dobzhansky, Sewal Wright, A. J. Nicholson, Everett C. Olson, Marston Bates, C. Ladd Prosser, N. Tinbergen, G. F. Gause, Alfred L. Kroeber, L. S. B. Leakey, S. L. Washburn, F. Clark Howell, Cesare Emiliani, Edgar Anderson, Stuart Piggott, Francois Bordes, Gordon R. Willey, Robert J. Braidwood, Robert M. Adams, Julian H. Steward, H. W. Magoun, Alexander von Muralt, W. Horsley Gantt, Leslie White, Ralph W. Gerard, Ernest R. Hilgard, Macdonald Critchley, A. Irving Hallowell, Henry W. Brosin, Hermann J. Muller, Sir Charles Galton Darwin, Ilza Veith, J. Franklin Ewing, and Jaroslav Pelikan; transcript of television broadcast of "At Random" featuring four of the authors, Adlai Stevenson, and Irv Kupcinet of the Chicago Sun-Times; transcripts of the panel discussions; transcript of television broadcast "All Things Considered" featuring three of the authors and broadcaster Alec Sutherland; plates contain a photo of the title page of The Origin of Species, the conference program, and photos of participants. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 8 lbs. 1st Edition 24 X 16 cm; 1st Edition

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Darwin, Charles: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, New York, New York, U.S.A. Modern Library 1998
ISBN: 0375751467 Very Good

New York:Modern Library, 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unread copy; light edge wear "Based largely on Darwin's experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. A landmark contribution to philosophical and scientific thought ISBN: 0375751467 Not Stated No Jacket Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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