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1 Agassiz, Louis. AN ESSAY ON CLASSIFICATION. First Edition; pp. 384(last 3 blank); index; original cloth (spine worn; rear hinge strengthened; a single stamp on half-title); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Robert, and Trubner & Co.; MDCCCLIX [1859]. #66298 A$145.00
2 Agassiz, Louis: LOUIS AGASSIZ. His Life and Correspondence. Edited by Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. 2 vols., First U.K. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 400; vignette on title-page & 5 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, [401]- 794; vignette on title-page & 5 plates, index; full prize calf, gilt, with contrasting labels on spines and marbled endpapers and edges; a very fine, clean and crisp set; scarce. London; Macmillan and Company; 1885. #66318 A$350.00
3 Allan, Mea. DARWIN AND HIS FLOWERS. A Key to Natural Selection. First Edition; pp. 318, [2](blank); endpaper map, 19 coloured photos., 76 b/w. photos. & line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper covered with adhesive plastic. London; Faber and Faber; (1977). ***Largely based on original material and unpublished letters of Charles Darwin, and also his published works on plants. #7323 A$50.00
4 Beddall, Barbara G.; Edited by. WALLACE AND BATES IN THE TROPICS. An Introduction to the Theory of Natural Selection. Based on the writings of Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates. First Edition, U.K. Issue; pp. xii, 244(last 3 blank); 2 maps, 2 portraits, chronology, glossary, bibliography, notes & references, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper. London; The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Ltd.; (1969). #33638 A$50.00
5 Bergen, Joseph Y., Jr. and Bergen, Fanny D. THE DEVELOPMENT THEORY. A Brief Statement for General Readers. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 240, [8](adv.); 32 figures, a few diagrams, 2 appendices, index; original cloth (a bit worn); a very good copy. Boston; Lee and Shepard, Publishers; 1884. ***With some Australian and New Zealand references. #66617 A$25.00
6 Bolsche, Wilhelm. HAECKEL. His Life and Work. Wih introduction and supplementary chapter by the translator, Joseph McCabe. With thirteen illustrations. First Edition; pp. 336; coloured portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth (spine faded, with number in white ink; some foxing), a very good exlibrary copy with small stamp at foot of title-page & last page only; top edge gilt, others uncut. London; T. Fisher Unwin; MCMVI [1906]. #65864 A$45.00
7 Brasier, Martin. DARWIN S LOST WORLD. The Hidden History of Animal Life. First Edition; pp. xiv, 304, [2](blank); 16 illustrations on 8 coloured plates, 22 figures, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2009). #8556 A$40.00
8 Buxton, Cindy & Price, Annie. SURVIVAL: SOUTH ATLANTIC. Foreword by David Attenborough. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 238(last blank); 2 double-page maps, 101 coloured photos. on 64 plates, (many double-page & full-page), bibliography; original dark grey art. leather, spine lettered in silver; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Granada; (1983). ***Renard 239. Wildlife filming on South Georgia. #42907 A$60.00
9 [Chambers, Robert]. VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION. Reprint of Sixth Edition. London: John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho. M CCC XLVII. F cap. 8vo, Sixth Edition, First Impression (see below); pp. [iv], 48, 65-294; notes; contemporary full calf, gilt; all edges gilt; a nice copy (but see below); very scarce. London; John Churchill; [1847]. ***An anonymous work, first published in 1844, which had an enormous influence on Charles Darwin and includes chapters on early man and the mental constitution of animals. This is the first so-called People s Edition, issued originally in wrappers, and printed BEFORE the Gentleman s sixth edition (of larger format, in cloth, but identical in content), but issued after it to imply that it was a reprint of an already successful work. In the event the 5000 copies of the People s Edition sold briskly, while the Gentleman s edition of 1000 copies sold only slowly. LACKING signature E (pp. 49-64), evidently since publication. #66860 A$45.00
10 Chambers, Robert. VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION. With an Introduction by Henry Morley. Cr. 8vo; pp. [3]-286(lacking half-title), [2](adv.); full-page diagram; original quarter vellum (a bit stained), with cloth sides; top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; very scarce. London; George Routledge and Sons; 1887. ***An anonymous work, first published in 1844 by John Churchill, which had an enormous influence on Charles Darwin. The text follows that of the first edition. A volume in Morley s Universal Library. #66863 A$125.00
11 Chancellor, John. Great Lives. CHARLES DARWIN. Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 232(last blank); numerous illustrations (some coloured), references, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1973). #11009 A$35.00
12 Darwin, Charles. THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. With illustrations. Fourth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Fourth Thousand; pp. [ii], viii, 326, [2](adv.); 15 text illustrations, index; original cloth; uncut; (name of original owner on title-page); a very nice, clean & fresh copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1881. ***Freeman 1360. Issued in the same year as the first, here with the errata corrected. #66840 A$475.00
13 Darwin, Charles. The International Scientific Series. THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. U.S. Edition; pp. [iv], 4, viii, 326, [12](adv.), [2](blank); 15 text figures, index; original red cloth, decorated in gilt & black; (covers a little marked, otherwise a nice copy). New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1895. ***International Scientific Series, Volume XXXVII [Freeman 1379]. #42088 A$135.00
14 Darwin, Charles. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Charles Darwin. Edited by his son Francis Darwin, Honorary Fellow of Christ s College. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1909. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxx, 264(last blank); portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, 1 plate, index; original buckram with bevelled boards (lightly rubbed; spine a little darkened with slight wear to ends); top edge gilt, others uncut (a little foxing of edges); a nice copy; very rare. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1909. ***Freeman 1556. With 19-page introduction by Francis Darwin. An attractively produced, and very important book, the first publication of the two essays, the first of which was only discovered in manuscript in 1896: these form the first detailed expression of Darwin s ideas on evolution. #66500 A$4500.00
15 Darwin, Charles. A JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES BY CHARLES DARWIN. London Melbourne & Toronto. Ward Lock & Co Limited. 1910. F cap 8vo; pp. [ii], 18, [23]-492; over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original green cloth, decorated in gilt and blind; (some minor internal soiling and signs of use); a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward Lock & Co Limited; 1910. ***ANB 12157; Freeman 121; the plates in the earlier editions are omitted, but the biographical introduction by G. T. Bettany is included. It is a little unclear whether the missing pages 19-22 are a fault of this copy or a deliberate omission by the publisher as they comprise the Contents with the list of plates on page 22. #66395 A$15.00
16 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. (From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492; 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original green cloth, boards stamped in black, spine in gilt and black, all edges gilt; a nice copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited; N.D. [c. 1890?]. ***Not in Ferguson; similar to Freeman 67, but not identified as a volume in either the Macaulay or Minerva Libraries. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. #34729 A$95.00
17 Darwin, Charles: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by his Son, Francis Darwin. Foreword by George Gaylord Simpson. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxii, 558, [6] (blank); 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [x], 562; frontispiece & facsimile with facing transcription, 4 appendices, index; original cloth (spines faded; name on title-pages); a very good set in original slipcase (rubbed & repaired). New York; Basic Books, Inc.; 1959. ***Freeman 1501. A facsimile of the two-volume Appleton edition (1888) of the original three-volume edition, with the addition of the Foreword by Simpson. #65661 A$85.00
18 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow of the Royal, Geological, Linnean, etc., Societies; Author of Journal of Researches during H. M. S. Beagle s Voyage Round the World. Fifth Thousand. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1860. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Second Issue; pp. x, 502, 32(adv., dated January, 1860); folding diagram, index; original cloth, blind-stamped boards & spine gilt; light brown chalksurfaced endpapers; binder s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants at bottom of rear pastedown and bookseller s ticket of Charlwood, Bookseller, 7, Bourke-street, Melbourne at top of front pastedown; entirely uncut; (pp. 185-192 & 233-240 & 281-288 a little carelessly opened; very slight fraying of extreme outer margin of folding diagram; a couple of trifling spots to boards; neat signature of original owner James Brides? on title-page); a very nice, sound & clean copy; rare. London; John Murray; 1860. ***Freeman 376, variant a. The first issue of the second edition (Freeman 375, dated 1859) is of extreme rarity, recorded in only a small handful of copies. #66435 A$8000.00
19 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Pott 8vo, Seventh Issue in the World s Classics series; pp. [viii], 454, [2](blank), 8(adv.); full-page diagram, index; original cloth (spine ends slightly rubbed); a very good copy. London; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press; (1923). ***Freeman 530. A reprint of the Second Edition of 1860, first published in this form by Grant Richards in 1902. The World s Classics, No. XI. With a Note on The Origin of Species by Grant Allen. #66469 A$40.00
20 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. With Portrait. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. 1900. Post 8vo, Popular Impression, Second Issue; pp. xxxii, 704(last blank); portrait frontispiece, folding diagram, glossary, index; original leaf-green cloth, with gilt title The Origin of Species on spine and debossed design in dark green on front board & simpler border on rear board; (neat inscribed initials and date [1900] on title-page); a very nice copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1900. ***Freeman 469. Printed in larger type and on slightly larger paper than the preceding editions, taken from the setting for the two-volume Library Edition of 1888 (repaginated, with minor adjustment at the end of Volume I in that edition, and with the Contents at start, and Index at end reset), but printed on thinner paper. This is the second issue of the Popular Impression, issued in November 1900, and so identified on Page [iv]. #66454 A$175.00
21 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF A NATURALIST ROUND THE WORLD IN H.M.S. BEAGLE. Pott 8vo; pp. vi, 530, 8(adv.); index; original blue roan, gilt; top edge gilt; (spine faded & worn at top; name stamp of former owner on half-title, at head of Page 1 and on fore-edge; otherwise fine and clean); a very good copy. London; George Routledge & Sons, Limited; N.D. [1905]. ***Not in ANB; Freeman 109. The New Universal Library. The Works of Charles Darwin, [Volume] I The Voyage of a Naturalist [all published]. An attractive small volume. #66396 A$25.00
22 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. F cap 8vo, Everyman Edition; pp. xvi, 496; several text illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; (1950). ***Everyman s Library, No. 104. Freeman 142; not in ANB. First published in Everyman s Library in 1906 (Freeman 110). Includes Darwin s Postscript as originally published in 1860. #66398 A$25.00
23 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin. Abridged and Edited by Millicent E. Selsam. Illustrations by Anthony Ravielli. Med. 8vo, U.K. Edition; pp. xxiv, 326, [2](blank); several maps & illustrations, bibliography; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Kingswood Tadworth Surrey; The World s Work (1913) Ltd; (1966). ***Freeman 158. This abridgement was first published in 1959. #66354 A$25.00
24 Darwin, Charles; Editor. THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE. Part V: Reptiles, by Thomas Bell, with a new introduction by Roberto Donoso-Barros, facsimile reprint by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1975. 4to, First Edition (in this form); pp. [ii], vi, [ii], vi, 52; 20 plates; references; original cloth; a fine copy. Lawrence, Kansas; Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 1975. ***Originally published London, Smith, Elder, 1843 - see Freeman 9; Spence 342. #66351 A$75.00
25 Dawkins, Richard. THE BLIND WATCHMAKER. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 332, [6](blank); 12 b/w. plates, 11 text figures, bibliography, index and key to bibliography; original papered boards; (fore-edges very slightly foxed, but a fine copy in dustwrapper). (London); Longman Scientific & Technical; (1986). #12267 A$45.00
26 Dawson, Sir J. W. THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND MAN. Ninth Edition. With corrections and additions. Ninth Edition; pp. xii, 412(last blank); coloured frontispiece, 19 illustrations, appendix; original cloth, gilt (covers a little marked); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton; MDCCCLXXXVII [1887]. #65908 A$95.00
27 Dennett, Daniel C. DARWIN S DANGEROUS IDEA. Evolution and the Meanings of Life. Roy. 8vo, First U.K. Edition, Second Impression; pp. 592(last 5 blank); several figures, appendix, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (London); Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; (1995). ***A remarkable book, bursting with interesting information, discussions of rival hypotheses, philosophical reflections and much else; and with an excellent and extensive bibliography. #65419 A$30.00
28 Dupre, John. DARWIN S LEGACY. What Evolution Means Today. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 138, [4](blank); references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2003). #12280 A$25.00
29 Fiske, John. A CENTURY OF SCIENCE. And Other Essays. First Edition; pp. x, 478; index; original cloth; top edge gilt; (old signature on title-page); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1900. #66271 A$45.00
30 Gale, Barry G. EVOLUTION WITHOUT EVIDENCE. Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 238, [8](blank); appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. Albuquerque; University of New Mexico Press; (1982). ***A critical study of the thought and work of Darwin in the period 1838-1859, from his reading of Malthus Essay on the Principle of Population to the publication of The Origin of Species. This was the period when Darwin was developing his evolutionary theory. #27544 A$50.00
31 Geikie, Archibald. GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD. First Edition; pp. x, 382, [2](adv.); 3 maps, 26 illustrations; original cloth; uncut; (spine faded & a little marked); a nice copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1882. #3281 A$95.00
32 Glick, Thomas F. and Kohn, David; Edited by. DARWIN. On Evolution. The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 356, [2](blank); several illustrations, bibliography, index of names, index of themes; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Indianopolis; Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; (1996). #67026 A$35.00
33 Glick, Thomas F. WHAT ABOUT DARWIN? All Species of Opinion from Scientists, Sages, Friends, and Enemies Who Met, Read, and Discussed the Naturalist Who Changed the World. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxii, 520; original stiff wrappers (lower corner of rear wrapper very slightly creased); a fine copy. Baltimore; The Johns Hopkins University Press; (2010). ***A large collection of writings on Darwin and his science by a wide variety of authors. #65635 A$40.00
34 Goldschmidt, Tijs. DARWIN S DREAMPOND. Drama in Lake Victoria. Translated by Sherry Marx-Macdonald. Med. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. [vi], 274; several figures, glossary, references, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge, Massachusetts; The MIT Press; (1996). #17971 A$40.00
35 Gould, Charles. MYTHICAL MONSTERS. Med. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], 412(last 5 blank); 91 illustrations, 9 appendices; original papered boards; a nice copy. London; Bracken Books; (1989). ***First published in 1886. #65188 A$20.00
36 Gould, Stephen Jay. DINOSAUR IN A HAYSTACK. Reflections in Natural History. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression, Paperback Issue; pp. xvi, 480; several figures, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Harmony Books; (1995). #67046 A$25.00
37 Gruson, Edward S.; with the assistance of Richard A. Forster. CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD. A complete list of the species, with names, authorities and areas of distribution. First Edition; pp. xii, 212; endpaper map, notes, sources codes, bibliography, index of generic names, index of English names; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly silverfished dustwrapper. London; Collins; (1976). #1345 A$35.00
38 Haeckel, Ernst. THE HISTORY OF CREATION, or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes. A Popular Exposition of Evolution in General, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in Particular. From the Eighth German Edition of Ernst Haeckel, Professor in the University of Jena. The Translation Revised by E. Ray Lankester [etc.]. Fourth Edition. 2 vols., Fourth Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxiv, 422, [2](blank); 5 tinted plates, 7 figures; Vol. II, pp. xii, 544; folding coloured map, 15 plates (some tinted or coloured), 11 text figures, references, appendix, index; original cloth, entirely uncut; a very nice, bright set; scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; 1906. #19523 A$200.00
39 Haeckel, Ernst. THE STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUTH by Ernst Haeckel. Letters to his Parents 1852-1856. Translated by G. Barry Gifford. First Edition, pp. xii, 420; original cloth (string marks); a very good copy in repaired dustwrapper; scarce. New York and London; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; MCM XXIII [1923]. #65853 A$75.00
40 Harrisson, Barbara. ORANG-UTAN. First Edition; pp. 224; coloured frontispiece, 16 b/w. plates, 1 illust., 4 figures, 4 appendices, index; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Collins; 1962. ***The author is the wife of Tom Harrisson. #50054 A$30.00
41 Healey, Edna. EMMA DARWIN: The Inspirational Wife of a Genius. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 372; 16 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Headline; (2001). #23374 A$60.00
42 Hess, Elizabeth. NIM CHIMPSKY. The Chimp Who Would Be Human. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xiv, 370(last blank); numerous illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Bantam Books; (2008). ***A chronicle of an experiment designed to transform the way humans think about animals and humans, this book profiles a young chimpanzee, brought up with a large human family and taught to use sign language proficiently, until the funding for the study ended and he spent the next two decades exiled from his family and shuttled in and out of various facilities, including a medical lab. Could a chimpanzee raised from infancy by a human family bridge the gap between species and change the way we think about the boundaries between animal and human? Here is the strange and moving account of an experiment intended to answer these questions, and of the chimp who was chosen to see it through. Columbia University psychologist Herbert S. Terrace s goal was to teach a chimpanzee American Sign Language in order to refute Noam Chomsky s assertion that language is an exclusively human trait. Nim Chimpsky, the baby chimp, was adopted by a graduate student. At first his progress exceeded all expectations his charm and mischievous sense of humour endeared him to everyone. But no one had thought through the long-term consequences of raising a chimp in the human world. #59816 A$45.00
43 Hingston, R. W. G. DARWIN. [and HUXLEY by E. W. MacBride; and FARADAY by Thomas Martin]. Great Lives. Three works in one vol., cr. 8vo; pp. 144; 144(last blank); 144; chronology & bibliography to each work; original prize leatherette (rubbed; top of spine a little defective); a very good copy. London; Duckworth; (1934). ***With gilt super-libro of the Marsden School, Wellington on front cover and prize label on front endpaper. Each work has separate title-page dated 1934. #65624 A$30.00
44 Hinton, Alan. SHELLS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC. With colour photographs by the author. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 94; 2 endpaper & 2 other maps, 44 coloured plates, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Port Moresby); Robert Brown and Associates Pty Ltd, The Jacaranda Press; (1972). #50327 A$60.00
45 Holder, Charles Frederick. Leaders in Science. CHARLES DARWIN. His Life and Work. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 280(last blank), [4](adv.), [2](blank); 28 plates, several illustrations, appendix (bibliography), index; original cloth (slightly marked); a very good copy; scarce. New York; G. P. Putnam s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1891. #65629 A$135.00
46 Hooker, J. D. THE STUDENT S FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 504, [4](adv.), 56(inserted adv., last blank); synopsis of the natural orders, appendix, index; original cloth (a little worn; spine stuck up); a good, sound copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1870. ***With a couple of related insertions tipped in. #66021 A$40.00
47 Hull, David L. DARWIN AND HIS CRITICS. The Reception of Darwin s Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community. Med. 8vo, Reprint Edition; pp. xii, 476(last 3 blank); 1 illust., bibliography, index; original wrappers (edges foxed); a very good copy. Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press; (1983). ***First published 1973. #66581 A$35.00
48 Humboldt, Alexander von. COSMOS: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe. Translated from the German, by E. C. Otte. 5 vols. in 2, U.S. Edition; Vols. I. and II., pp. [ii], xii, [ii], [xiii]- xxii, [23]-376(last blank); xviii, [19]-372(last 5 blank); Vols. III., IV., and V., pp. [iv], iv, [5]-220(last blank); xii, [13]-234; iv, [5]-462, [2] (blank); portrait frontispiece to Vol. I; each of the five vols. with its own separate index; original cloth (a little worn; minor waterstain to lower corner of margin pretty well throughout); a very good set. New York; Harper & Brothers; N.D. [c. 1900]. #66322 A$195.00
49 Huxley, Julian; Presented by. THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF DARWIN. Assisted by James Fisher. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. vi, 146; portrait frontispiece, bibliography; original cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; Cassell and Company, Limited; (1942). ***Freeman 1611. First published 1939. A volume in The Living thoughts Library, Edited by Alfred O. Mendel. #66588 A$25.00
50 Huxley, Julian S.; Dobzhansky, Theodosius; Niebuhr, Reinold; Reiser, Oliver L.; Nikhilananda, Swami. A BOOK THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. Anniversary Essays on Charles Darwin s Origin of Species. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 60, [2](blank); original wrappers (spine a little worn; inscription & stamp on first blank); a very good copy; scarce. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); University of Pittsburgh Press; (1958). #66501 A$35.00
51 Huxley, Julian and Kettlewell, H. B. D. CHARLES DARWIN and his world. Cr. 4to, Second Impression; pp. 144; numerous illustrations, chronology, notes, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1974). ***First published in 1965. #60182 A$35.00
52 Huxley, Thomas H. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica. Being Figures and Descriptions of the Organic Remains procured during the Progress of the Geological Survey of India. ON VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE PANCHET ROCKS, near Ranigunj, Bengal; by Thomas H. Huxley, F.R.S. Professor of Natural History in the Royal School of Mines, London. Cr. folio, First Edition; pp. 24, iv; plus 6 plates, each with leaf of descriptive text, 5 figures; original pictorial wrappers (very slightly frayed; some occasional mild foxing); a very good copy; scarce. Calcutta; Printed for the Government of India; MDCCCLXV [1865]. #66020 A$135.00
53 Huxley, Thomas H.; F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. ON THE CLASS- IFICATION OF BIRDS; and on the Taxonomic Value of the Modification of Certain of the Cranial Bones Observable in that Class. [From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1867]. First Separate Edition; pp. 60; 36 figures (some partly handcoloured); plain wrappers; (a small hole in several leaves, with loss of a couple of letters); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Zoological Society of London; 1867. #66015 A$65.00
54 Huxley, Thomas H. ON A PIECE OF CHALK. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], 36, [2](blank); original wrappers; a nice copy. [New York]; Oriole Chapbooks; N.D. [c. 1980]. ***First published 1868. #66018 A$10.00
55 Jackson, M. H. GALAPAGOS. A Natural History Guide. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 288(last 5 blank); double-page map, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations & maps, bibliography, 3 appendices, general index, species index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. (Calgary); The University of Calgary Press; (1991). ***First published 1985. #65515 A$35.00
56 Jenkins, Alan C. THE NATURALISTS. Pioneers of Natural History. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. 200; 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, refs, chronology, who s who, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1978). ***Including Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace and others. #30997 A$65.00
57 Jepsen, Glenn L.; Mayr, Ernst; Simpson, George Gaylord; Edited by. GENETICS, PALEONTOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION. For the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology, and Systematics, of the National Research Council. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 474, [2](blank); 1 plate, several figures, glossary, index; original cloth (slightly marked; number on spine & label on endpaper, but no other marking); a very good copy. Princeton, New Jersey; Princeton University Press; 1949. #62185 A$65.00
58 Johnson, Clifford. INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SELECTION. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 214(last blank); 3 tables, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. Baltimore; University Park Press; (1976). #26460 A$30.00
59 Judd, John W.; F.R.S. VOLCANOES. What they are and what they teach. With 96 illustrations. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo, Fourth Edition; pp. xvi, 382, [2](blank); 95 figures including 11 plates, index; original red cloth, decorated in gilt & black; uncut; a nice copy; very scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co; 1888. ***The International Scientific Series, Vol. XXXV. #65809 A$85.00
60 Kaplan, Gisela and Rogers, Lesley. ORANG-UTANS IN BORNEO. Photography by Gisela Kaplan. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 196; 12 maps & figures, numerous coloured illustrations, 7 tables, 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Armidale, NSW); University of New England Press; (1994). ***An excellent book, apparently issued only in softcover. With a chapter on orang-utan brains in comparison to humans. #57036 A$45.00
61 Kastner, Joseph. A WORLD OF WATCHERS. With illustrations from the work of Louis Agassiz Fuertes. [An informal history of the American passion for birds from its scientific beginnings to the great birding boom of today]. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 244; 8 coloured plates, several illustrations, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; 1986. ***Bird watchers of North America. #15889 A$35.00
62 Kellogg, Vernon L. DARWINISM TO-DAY. A discussion of present-day scientific criticism of the Darwinian selection theories, together with a brief account of the principal other proposed auxiliary and alternative theories of species forming. First Edition; pp. xiv, 404(last blank); index; original cloth (rubbed; rear joint very slightly worn); a very good copy; scarce. London; George Bell and Sons; 1907. #66748 A$60.00
63 Keynes, Richard; Edited by. CHARLES DARWIN S ZOOLOGY NOTES & SPECIMEN LISTS FROM H.M.S. BEAGLE. 4to, First Paperback Edition; pp. xxxiv, 430, [4](blank); numerous figures, sources of references, index of animals and plants, index of people, ships and places; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2005). ***First published in 2000. #66352 A$135.00
64 King-Hele, Desmond. ERASMUS DARWIN. [Grandfather of Charles Darwin. A New Biography of the Great Scientific and Literary Genius of the Eighteenth Century]. First U.S. Edition; pp. viii, 184(last blank); portrait frontispiece, full-page sketch map, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. New York; Charles Scribner s Sons; (1963). #52467 A$45.00
65 Knight, David M. NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600-1900. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 262; 4 coloured plates, 96 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; B. T. Batsford Ltd; (1972). #19208 A$110.00
66 Koerner, David and LeVay, Simon. HERE BE DRAGONS. The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 264; 8 coloured plates, a few illustrations, notes, references, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); Oxford University Press; 2000. #9491 A$25.00
67 Kummer, Hans. IN QUEST OF THE SACRED BABOON. A Scientist s Journey. Translated by M. Ann Biederman-Thorson. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 342(last 5 blank); double-page map, 8 coloured plates, 49 figures, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Princeton, New Jersey); Princeton University Press; (1995). #58193 A$30.00
68 Lack, David. DARWIN S FINCHES. First Edition; pp. x, 208; 9 plates (4 coloured), 27 text illustrations & maps, 28 tables, references, index of animals and plants, index of persons, places and institutions, index of subject-matter; original cloth; (endpaper slightly foxed); a very nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1947. ***A detailed study of the finches of the Galapagos Islands from living specimens as well as those collected by Darwin and others and preserved in museums. #41801 A$250.00
69 Lane, N. Gary. LIFE OF THE PAST. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 288, [2](blank); numerous figures, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Columbus; Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, A Bell & Howell Company; (1978). #65549 A$35.00
70 Lehmann, Professor C. G. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. Translated from the second edition. 3 vols., First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xii, 456; Vol. II, pp. xii, 466, [2](blank), 8(Report of the Cavendish Society, last blank); Vol. III, pp. xii, 580(last blank); appendix, index; original cloth; uncut & partially unopened; (upper portion of spine to Vol. I missing & hinges to this volume weak, but sound; small unobtrusive blind-stamp on a few leaves at start of Vols. II and III, and numbers & other marking on spines); otherwise a fine, clean set; scarce. London; Printed for the Cavendish Society; MDCCCLI [-LIII, LIV 1851-53-54]. ***A valuable and important contribution to the chemical workings of the body in health, disease and digestion. An excellent set which would repay rebacking, all other library marking being confined to the endpapers. #66314 A$220.00
71 Lenain, Thierry. MONKEY PAINTING. [With an Introduction by Desmond Morris]. First Edition; pp. 208(last blank); 16 coloured plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Reaktion Books; (1997). ***A revised and expanded edition of La peinture des singes first published in Paris in 1990. #64356 A$30.00
72 L Heritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis. SERTUM ANGLICUM 1788. Facsimile with Critical Studies and a Translation. Med. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. c, [iv], 36, [14](last 2 blank); 35 plates (including 8 double-page), 1 text & 3 full-page illustrations, index to Latin names & general index; attractive original papered boards, with marbled sides; a fine copy. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Hunt Botanical Library; 1963. ***This Edition Limited to 2000 copies. First published in Paris, 1788. #32718 A$95.00
73 Lindsey, Arthur Ward. TEXTBOOK OF EVOLUTION AND GENETICS. First Edition; pp. xiv, 464(last 5 blank); 210 figures, references, index; original cloth (a little marked; spine dull); a very good copy. New York; The Macmillan Company; 1929. #66747 A$25.00
74 Lubbock, The Right Hon. Sir John; Bart., M.P., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. Nature Series. ON BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. Considered in relation to insects. With numerous illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 194, [2](adv.); 130 figures, glossary, index; original green cloth, gilt; (slightly marked); a very good copy. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1897. #66335 A$35.00
75 [Lubbock, John]. Nature Series. FLOWERS, FRUITS AND LEAVES. By The Right Hon. Lord Avebury, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. Eighth Thousand. With numerous illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Impression; pp. xvi, 148, [4](adv.); 95 figures; original green cloth, gilt; prize label on endpaper; a nice copy. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1903. #66336 A$35.00
76 McNamara, Ken & Long, John. THE EVOLUTION REVOLUTION. Design without intelligence. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xvi, 304; coloured illust. inside wrappers, numerous text figures, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Carlton); Melbourne University Press; (2007). ***Thoroughly evolved from the first edition of 1998, this second edition was apparently issued only in paperback. #34796 A$30.00
77 Marden, Luis. THE MAN WHO TALKS TO HUMMING- BIRDS. From a little Brazilian town the fame of naturalist Augusto Ruschi has spread across the world. [and] PHOTOGRAPHING HUMMINGBIRDS IN BRAZIL by Crawford H. Greenewalt. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 80-99, 100-116; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine, January, 1963; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1963. #11617 A$25.00
78 Margulis, Lynn. THE SYMBIOTIC PLANET. A New Look at Evolution. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [vi], 154(last 7 blank); 7 figures, appendix, notes, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in repaired dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (1998). ***Science Masters series. #64437 A$25.00
79 Mayr, Ernst. ONE LONG ARGUMENT. Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xvi, 198(last 3 blank); frontispiece, 10 plates, 1 fig., 2 tables, references, glossary, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; (1992). #14182 A$85.00
80 Medin, Douglas L.; Roberts, William A.; Davis, Roger T.; Edited by. PROCESSES OF ANIMAL MEMORY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 274(last 7 blank); several figures, references, author index, subject index; original cloth; a very good copy. Hillsdale, New Jersey; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers; 1976. #53671 A$50.00
81 Miller, Hugh. FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR or The Asterolepis of Stromness. With Memoir by Louis Agassiz. Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo, Eleventh Edition; pp. lxxii, 352, [24](adv.); 67 woodcut illustrations in text; original cloth, gilt; uncut & largely unopened; (a small blank portion torn from head of pp. iii/iv; several small stamps of former owner, but a nice bright copy); scarce. Edinburgh; William P. Nimmo; 1869. ***With prefatory remarks by Mrs. Miller as well as the Memoir of the Author by Agassiz. #65592 A$75.00
82 Miller, Hugh. TALES AND SKETCHES. Edited, with a Preface, by Mrs Miller. Tenth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. vi, 390(last blank), 8(adv.); original cloth; (endpapers marked); a very good copy. Edinburgh; W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell; 1889. #65582 A$65.00
83 Moore, Ruth. The Stratford Library. CHARLES DARWIN. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 208; portrait frontispiece, note on sources, index; original cloth; a nice copy in very slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson of London; (1957). #65618 A$30.00
84 Morris, Pat; Consultant Editor. The Country Life Book of the NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES. [A field encyclopedia of the wildlife and habitats of Great Britain and Ireland]. Super roy. 4to, Second Edition, reprinted; pp. 288; very numerous coloured illustrations, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Twickenham, Middlesex); Country Life Books; (1987). ***First published in larger form in 1979, this abridgement first published in 1982. A useful work covering everything from the marine environment to the coast, woodlands, grasslands, uplands, wetlands and man-made habitats. #38689 A$35.00
85 Pocock, W. W. DARWINISM A FALLACY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 160; original cloth (slightly rubbed); a very good copy; scarce. London; Charles H. Kelly; 1891. #66593 A$85.00
86 Robson, Frank D. STRANDINGS. Ways to Save Whales. A humane conservationist s guide by Frank D. Robson. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. 124; numerous illustrations, figures & maps, 5 appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1984). #18435 A$25.00
87 Rutley, Frank. ELEMENTS OF MINERALOGY. Revised by H. H. Read. Introduction by the late G. T. Holloway. Cr. 8vo, 21st Edition, Second Impression; pp. xxii, 394, [4](adv.); 84 text figures, glossary, index; original cloth (a little marked). London; Thos. Murby & Co.; (1926). #3411 A$30.00
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