Evolution from Mike Park Ltd

Princes Street, Corner of Gerard Street, Soho: J. Callow, 1819. First edition. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates (several of them folding), octavo, pp xxiv, 579, (i), slight age-toning to the front endpaper, the half-title and the frontispiece, otherwise very clean internally, neatly bound in a recent brown half-leather and cloth. With the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates on the… Ler mais sobre este item

The University of Chicago Press, 1996. A few maps and diagrams, octavo, pp 425, paperback, a very good copy. ["How were the tropical Americas formed? This volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research in its attempt to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America, and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of harvard University Press, 2002. Sixth printing. Large and very thick octavo, pp xxiv, 1433, a few illustrations, a very good copy in dustwrapper. AS NEW. Very heavy - extra postage will be necessary. ["The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Academic Press, 1969. Illustrated, thick octavo, pp xxvi, 717, very clean internally, green cloth very good, a dustwrapper which has been heavily defaced by an anonymous previous owner - the dustwrapper title has been scored out and "Never happened" written in; fortunately, the writer's vitriol did not extend internally, so any new owner may discard the dustwrapper… Ler mais sobre este item

Geneve: Conservatoire Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve, 1949. Thick octavo, pp xii, 561, very clean internally, paperback, the covers age-toned and with the slightest signs of wear. Reprinted from Boissiera Volume 8. [From the library of the botanist and conservationist Gren Lucas, with his tiny initials on the upper cover.]. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Octavo, not illustrated, pp xviii, 269, an owner's neat signature on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth with only very slight signs of use. ["This book is the summation of the life work of one of the most influential scientists of our time. Of permanent interest… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Illustrated with line drawings and a few photographs, large octavo, pp xiv, 441, very clean internally, paperback, the slightest signs of wear to the covers. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Basel, Boston & Berlin: Birkhauser, 1997. Illustrated with charts, octavo, pp xviii, 325, very clean internally, pictorial boards, virtually as new, a splendid copy. SCARCE. ["Most organisms and populations have to cope with hostile environments, threatening their existence. Their ability to respond phenotypically and genetically to these challenges and to evolve adaptive mechanisms is, therefore, crucial. The contributions to this… Ler mais sobre este item

New York & Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. A few illustrations and charts, octavo, pp xviii, 478, extremely clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. Surprisingly scarce. [From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his small label on the upper cover. ]. {"This is an interesting and thoughtful presentation of the issues in biology that have the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Routledge, 1995. Octavo, pp viii, 235, a slight mark to the fore-edge otherwise exceptionally clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his small label on the upper cover. ["The relentless exploitation of the earth's resources and technologys boundless growth are a matter of urgent concern. When did this race towards… Ler mais sobre este item

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1986. Small octavo, pp xiv, 336, very clean internally, paperback, only the very slightest signs of wear. [Natural selection is an immense and important subject, yet there have been few attempts to summarize its effects on natural populations, and fewer still which discuss the problems of working with natural selection in the wild. These are… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Bodley Head, 1982. Illustrated, octavo, pp 280, neat pencil notes on the rear endpaper, the top edge foxed, a slight mark on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper with a slightly faded spine, very slightly worn, the fold-over flaps slightly foxed. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn and foxed.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1961. Octavo, not illustrated, pp 236, green cloth, an exceptionally clean copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly rubbed and marked.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1914. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with plates and text engravings, octavo, pp xvi, 408, fore-edges foxed, a little foxing internally on the first few pages, otherwise very bright anjd clean, red clothvery slightly marked, the spine faded, otherwise very good. SCARCE. . Cloth. Very Good.

The Princes Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard: Sam Smith, 1693. Second edition. With four engraved plates, small octavo, t.p., 20,132,[6], 133-406, + 2-page publisher's catalogue, browning and age-toning with occasional blotching, a corner torn from the first blank, a worm-hole in the margin of the early pages but only really noticeable on the first eleven pages, tight internally, original calf,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1951. [Second printing]. A few text diagrams and maps, large octavo, pp xxii, 643, a small neat signature on the front endpaper, a considerable amount of pencil lining throughout the book - marginal rather than underlining and with a few notes, otherwise quite sound and tight, blue cloth slightly worn, the… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Small quarto, pp xviii, 166, illustrated with a few photographs maps and charts, extremely clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, with the original cellophane dustwrapper. [The origins of the present-day faunas and floras of Africa and South America have been a fascinating puzzle for hundreds of years, and have provided a remarkable example of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Grant Richards, 1902. Small octavo, illustrated with a few line drawings in the text, pp xiv, 233, the final blank page creased and torn, a little weak internally with two hinges starting to crack, a small neat owner's signature on the front endpaper, green cloth slightly worn. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994. Illustrated with charts and diagrams, large octavo, pp viii, 223, slightly age-toned at the margins, otherwise extremely clean internally, paperback, slight creasing to the rear cover. [ The text sets out to establish the key role played by systematics in deciphering patterns of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of… Ler mais sobre este item

John Murray Not dated, but verso of title page states "Bobbs-Merrill Company, Copyright 1927". Illustrated, octavo, pp (10), 472, exceptionally clean internally, blue cloth, corners very slightly bumped, the spine a little age-toned, otherwise very good. [From the library of the Cambridge botanist David Coombe, with an inscription from his grandfather dated 1943.]. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good.… Ler mais sobre este item