Mendel's Principles of Heredity.
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1913. Third Impression, with additions. Read More about Mendel's Principles of Heredity
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Regarding a new American edition of Origin
Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Darwin"), to Charles Layton, Appleton's London agent, about a second American edition of On the Origin...
Down, Beckenham, Kent: November 26, [1869]. Regarding a new American edition of Origin. Unpublished. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) writes to Charles Layton, London agent for Appleton, about bringing out a revised and expanded second American edition of On the Origin of Species. The letter is a reply to Layton's of the..... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Darwin"), to Charles Layton, Appleton's London agent,...
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Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle.
New York: HaFiner Press, 1952. Number 55 of 250 copies of a facsimile reprint of the First edition done for the Book Collectors Society. Read More about Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various countries visited by...
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Davenport's First Book
The Intelligence of Louis Agassiz. A Specimen Book of Scientific Writings. Selected, with an introduction and notes, by Guy Davenport...
Boston: Beacon Press, [1963]. First edition. Davenport's First Book. Read More about The Intelligence of Louis Agassiz. A Specimen Book of Scientific Writings. Selected, with an...
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Autograph Letter Signed, in the Third person. To the Editor of the Nineteenth Century and quoting a letter from James...
Hawarden Castle, Chester: July 11, 1881. An answer to an attack on him by Thomas Huxley. Gladstone was Prime Minister four different times. WITH: Signature of Palmerton laid in. Read More about Autograph Letter Signed, in the Third person. To the Editor of the Nineteenth Century and quoting...
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GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, WITH THANK YOU LETTER FOR BLURB
Ever Since Darwin. Reflections in Natural History.
New York: Norton, [1977]. First edition. GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, WITH THANK YOU LETTER FOR BLURB. First book by Gould, with the ownership signature of Ashley Montagu on the front flyleaf. Montagu’s blurb is at the top of the back cover: “Stephen Jay Gould is one of the most brilliant of..... Read More about Ever Since Darwin. Reflections in Natural History
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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes.
New York: Norton, [1983]. First edition. With reviews annotrated by Ashley Montagu laid in. Read More about Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
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The Panda's Thumb.
New York: Norton, [1980]. First edition, erratum laid in. Ashley Montagu's copy, with his tearsheet of his review in Nature (4 December 1980) loosely inserted, with other clippings of reviews. Read More about The Panda's Thumb
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Man's Place Among the Antropoids Three Lectures on the Evolution of Man From the Lower Vertebrates.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1934. First edition, with errata slip. Read More about Man's Place Among the Antropoids Three Lectures on the Evolution of Man From the Lower Vertebrates
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ALS. To Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907), refusing to sponsor his paper for Royal Society as Dr. (T.L.) Brunton is now among...
Jany 18, 1875. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night..." (Desmond). Indeed, it was Fayrer, who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley..... Read More about ALS. To Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907), refusing to sponsor his paper for Royal Society as Dr. (T.L.)...
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More Criticism on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism.
New York: Appleton, 1872. Read More about More Criticism on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism
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The Romane Lecture, 1893, Evolution and Ethics.
London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First edition. Read More about The Romane Lecture, 1893, Evolution and Ethics
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On the Genesis of Species.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First American Edition. Mivart, an American, was pro-Darwin, converted to Catholicism and became anti-Darwin. Read More about On the Genesis of Species
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From the Greeks to Darwin.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Second edition, revised. Read More about From the Greeks to Darwin
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An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are added...
New Brunswick: Published by J. Simpson and Co. and William and Whiting, New York, Printed by L. Deare, 1810. “Second Edition...Enlarged and Improved”. The most important Pre-Darwinian American essay for the genetic unity of mankind, rejecting the theory of separate creation of the different races. Smith’s Essay was first published..... Read More about An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are...
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Henry Cabot Lodge's Copy
Illustrations of Universal Progress; A Series of Discussions...with a Notice of Spencer's "New System of Philosophy."
New York: Appleton and Company, 1864. First American edition. Henry Cabot Lodge's Copy. Read More about Illustrations of Universal Progress; A Series of Discussions...with a Notice of Spencer's...
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Untersuchungen über Wachsthum und Bau des menschlichen Schädels. Erster Theil, Allgemeine Verhältnisse des Schädelwachsthums und Schädelbaues; Normaler Schädel deutschen Stammes...
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1862. First edition. WELCKER (1822-1897) was the first determine the total blood volume and the volume of the normal red blood cells. Read More about Untersuchungen über Wachsthum und Bau des menschlichen Schädels. Erster Theil, Allgemeine...
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Presentation Copy
Wood's Bible Animals. A Description of the Habits, Structure and Uses of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures, from...
Guelph, Ontario: J.W. Lyon, 1877. First Canadian edition, from American sheets. Presentation Copy. The ornamental leaf is headed “Presented To”, and bears an inscription: Rev. Elliott Graselt, M.A., by J.G. Wood. Handsomely illustrated volume, with a notably brief chapter on apes, and elsewhere identifying the hippopotamus as the Behemoth, and..... Read More about Wood's Bible Animals. A Description of the Habits, Structure and Uses of Every Living Creature...
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