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1 Adami, J. G. MEDICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF EVOLUTION. First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 372; 7 plates, 20 figures, 2 appendices, index; original cloth (spine ends worn); a very good copy; scarce. London; Duckworth and Co.; 1918. #66602 A$85.00
2 Barnett, Anthony. THE HUMAN SPECIES. A Biology of Man. F cap 8vo, Revised Edition, Third Impression; pp. xii, 354, [2](blank); 32 plates, 67 figures (some coloured), bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; (some underlining, mostly light). (Harmondsworth); Penguin Books; (1965). #65442 A$15.00
3 Barnett, S. A.; Edited by. A CENTURY OF DARWIN. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xvi, 376; 5 plates, 55 text figures, references, index; original cloth; (some light pencilled underlining at start); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Heinemann; (1959). ***First published in the previous year. A fine collection of essays by leading biologists on topics discussed by Darwin. #24127 A$50.00
4 Bateson, W. MENDEL S PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 396; 3 portraits of Mendel, 6 attractive coloured plates (4 double-page), 38 text figures (a few full-page), biographical note, translation of two of Mendel s papers, bibliography, index of subjects, index of authors; recased in new binder s cloth, with original backstrip preserved; (withdrawn library stamps on half-title, title-page & at foot of last leaf; old tape-mark to inner margin of halftitle; otherwise internally clean); a very good, sound copy; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1909. #7750 A$185.00
5 Bateson, W. MENDEL S PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Third Impression with Additions; pp. xvi, 416(last 3 blank); 3 portraits of Mendel, 6 attractive coloured plates (4 doublepage), 38 text figures (a few full-page), appendixes, biographical note, translation of two of Mendel s papers, bibliography, index of subjects, index of authors; original cloth; (light waterstain to upper portion of boards and first half dozen leaves; some minor foxing); a very good copy; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1913. ***This is the best edition, for, as the Note to the Third Impression states -... I have endeavoured in a series of brief Appendixes [pp. 307-324] to acquaint the reader with the nature of the principal advances made, while awaiting an opportunity of rewriting the book. In the event, the book was never rewritten but a fourth impression was issued in 1930 with a few trifling emendations and a preface in which the Syndics of the University Press acknowledged this work as one of the classics of biological literature. #66784 A$175.00
6 Bateson, William. PROBLEMS OF GENETICS. With illustrations. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 260(last blank); 2 coloured plates, 13 figures, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy; scarce. New Haven; Yale University Press; MCMXIII (1913). ***Edition of 1000 copies. #66786 A$275.00
7 Bennett, J. H.; Edited, with an introduction by. NATURAL SELECTION, HEREDITY, AND EUGENICS. Including selected correspondence of R. A. Fisher with Leonard Darwin and others. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 306, [4](blank); 4 appendices, references, name index, subject index; original buckram, gilt; a nice copy. Oxford; Clarendon Press; 1983. ***Oxford Science Publications. The Editor was Professor of Genetics at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. #66744 A$65.00
8 Bertalanffy, Ludwig von. PROBLEMS OF LIFE. An Evaluation of Modern Biological Thought. First Edition in English; pp. xii, 216; references, index of authors, index of subjects; original cloth; (rear endpaper renewed); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Watts & Co.; (1952). #66761 A$30.00
9 Carroll, Sean B. ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL. The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom. With illustrations by Jamie W. Carroll, Josh P. Klaiss, Leanne M. Olds. First U.K. Paperback Edition; pp. xiv, 350, [4](blank); 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, sources, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Phoenix; (2007). #57716 A$20.00
10 Carter, G. S. A HUNDRED YEARS OF EVOLUTION. First Edition, Proof Copy; pp. x, 206(last 3 blank); 4 figures, glossary; original plain printed wrappers; a very good copy. London; Sidgwick and Jackson; (1957). ***An early publisher s proof, without the page references completed. A good overview. #66749 A$18.00
11 Chapeville, F.; Grasse, P.-P.; Jacob, F.; Jacquard, A.; Ninio, J.; Piveteau, J.; de Ricqles, A.; Roger, J.; Thuillier, P.; interroges par Emile Noel. LE DARWINISME AUJOURD HUI. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 192; a few illustrations, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. [Paris]; Editions du Seuil; (1979). #66566 A$20.00
12 Chen Kang Chai. GENETIC EVOLUTION. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 342(last blank); numerous figures, several tables, bibliography, author index, subject index; original papered boards; a very good ex-library copy with minimal marking in dustwrapper. Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press; (1976). #66686 A$25.00
13 Cook, Joseph. Boston Monday Lectures. HEREDITY, with Preludes on Current Events. With a Copious Analytical Index. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [iii-viii], 118, [2](blank); index; original cloth; (lacking a preliminary blank; a few pencil marks); a very good copy. London; Richardson D. Dickinson; 1879. *** Darwin s Theory of Pangenesis, Darwin on the Origin of Conscience, Maudsley on Hereditary Descent, etc. #66769 A$25.00
14 Crew, F. A. E. Benn s Sixpenny Library. HEREDITY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 80(last blank); several figures & diagrams, bibliography; original wrappers; a very good copy. London; Ernest Benn Limited; (1928). #66766 A$15.00
15 [Cullinan, Anne]. MOLECULES AND EVOLUTION. Oblong 4to; pp. [ii], 18(including wrappers); numerous illustrations, references; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a nice copy. [London]; (British Museum (Natural History); 1984). #65735 A$20.00
16 Darbishire, A. D. BREEDING AND THE MENDELIAN DISCOVERY. With illustrations in colour and black-and-white. First Edition; pp. xii, 282, [2](blank); 4 coloured plates (1 folding), 2 folding diagrams, 32 b/w. plates & 1 text fig.; glossary, index; original cloth; top edge gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd.; 1911. #9659 A$65.00
17 Darwin, Major Leonard. The Forum Series. No. 9. WHAT IS EUGENICS? Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 88; original wrappers; a very good copy. London; Watts & Co.; 1928. #66569 A$30.00
18 Dawkins, Richard. THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE. The Long Reach of the Gene. Med. 8vo, First Edition, reprinted, with corrections; pp. xii, 308(last blank); references, glossary, author index, subject index; original stiff wrappers; (some underlining and critical marginalia); a very good, well-used copy in worn stiff wrappers. Oxford; Oxford University Press; (1989). ***First published in 1982, issued in paperback in 1983, reprinted 1987, 1988 and here in 1989 (with corrections). One of Dawkins most important works, with illuminating marginal comments. #65266 A$20.00
19 Dawkins, Richard. RIVER OUT OF EDEN. A Darwinian View of Life. Illustrations by Lalla Ward. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 176(last 4 blank); 6 illustrations, bibliography, index; original wrappers; (name on half-title); a nice copy. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (1995). ***A volume in the Science Masters series. #61441 A$20.00
20 Dawkins, Richard. CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE. Original drawings by Lalla Ward. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 308; 24 plates, numerous text illustrations & figures, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Viking; (1996). #53880 A$40.00
21 Delage, Yves and Goldsmith, Marie. THE THEORIES OF EVOLUTION. Translated by Andre Tridon, M.A. First Edition; pp. 352; original cloth; (portion of front endpaper torn away; some light pencilled marginal lines); a very good copy. New York; B. W. Huebsch; 1912. #66674 A$30.00
22 De Vries, Hugo. SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Their Origin by Mutation. Lectures delivered at the University of California by Hugo De Vries, Professor of Botany in the University of Amsterdam. Edited by Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Assistant Director of the New York Botanical Garden. First Edition; pp. xviii, 848(last blank), [vi](adv.), [2](blank); index; original cloth, with gilt title-label on spine, top edge gilt; a nice copy; scarce. Chicago; The Open Court Publishing Company, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd; 1905. #49439 A$450.00
23 Dobzhansky, Theodosius. GENETICS AND THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Third Edition Revised. Ninth Impression; pp. [x], 364, [2](blank); several text figures, 15 tables, 32-page bibliography, index; original wrappers. New York and London; Columbia University Press; (1969). #66683 A$35.00
24 Dobzhansky, Theodosius. Bantam Matrix Editions. MANKIND EVOLVING. The Evolution of the Human Species. F cap 8vo, Paperback Edition; pp. xvi, 398, [2](adv.); bibliography, index; original wrappers. New York; Bantam Books, A National General Company; (1970). #65890 A$12.00
25 Dobzhansky, Theodosius. GENETICS OF THE EVO LUTIONARY PROCESS. First Paperback Edition, Second Impression; pp. xiv, 506(last blank); numerous text figures, bibliography, index of authors, subject index; original wrappers. New York and London; Columbia University Press; (1970). #66751 A$30.00
26 Doncaster, L. HEREDITY in the Light of Recent Research. Small 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 140; 12 figures, a few diagrams, 2 appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth (spine a little faded); a nice copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1910. ***The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. #66781 A$35.00
27 Doncaster, L. HEREDITY in the Light of Recent Research. Small 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [ii], x, 160; 13 figures, a few diagrams, 2 appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth (spine a little faded; a few ink markings); a very good copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1912. ***The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. #66782 A$30.00
28 Doncaster, The late L. HEREDITY in the Light of Recent Research. Small 8vo, Third Edition; pp. [ii], x, 164(last blank); 13 figures, a few diagrams, 2 appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth; a very good ex-library copy with withdrawn stamps on endpapers & half-title and names of former owners on endpaper, but no other marks. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1921. ***The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. #66783 A$30.00
29 Dunn, L. C. HEREDITY AND VARIATION. Continuity and Change in the Living World. Highlights of Modern Knowledge. Genetics. Med. 8vo, First Trade Edition; pp. [iv], vi, 120, [2] (blank); frontispiece, 47 illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth; a very good copy. New York; The University Society Incorporated; (1934). #9661 A$40.00
30 Edey, Maitland A. and Johanson, Donald C. BLUEPRINTS. Solving the Mystery of Evolution. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 420(last 2 blank); 16 plates, a few figures, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Boston; Little, Brown and Company; (1989). #28045 A$45.00
31 Eldredge, Niles. WHY WE DO IT. Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene. First Edition; pp. 272(last 3 blank); a few diagrams, notes, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (2004). #28437 A$30.00
32 Fisher, R. A. THE GENETICAL THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. Second Edition; pp. xvi, 292(last blank), [10](adv., last blank); 2 plates, 11 figures, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers (front wrapper abraded). New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; 1958. ***A revised and enlarged edition of the work first published by Oxford University Press in 1930. #66755 A$25.00
33 Ford, E. B. THE STUDY OF HEREDITY. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256; 5 figures, glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in trimmed dustwrapper. London; Thornton Butterworth Ltd; (1938). ***A volume in The Home University Library. Curiously the dustwrapper gives the publisher as Oxford University Press, but it appears to be original. #66767 A$25.00
34 Galton, Francis; F.R.S. HEREDITARY GENIUS. An Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Third Impression; pp. xxxii, 380, [2](adv.), [2](blank); several tables, appendix, index;; original cloth (a little flecked; spine faded); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1925. ***First published in 1869, second edition first published in 1892 with an additional Prefatory Chapter, but otherwise unchanged from the first edition. Galton was Charles Darwin s cousin. #43529 A$110.00
35 Glynn, Ian. ELEGANCE IN SCIENCE. The Beauty of Simplicity. First Edition; pp. xviii, 286(last 15 blank); 66 figures, appendix, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2010). #59157 A$40.00
36 Goldschmidt, Richard B. UNDERSTANDING HEREDITY. An Introduction to Genetics. First U.S. Edition; pp. x, 228, [4] (blank); 49 figures, bibliography, index; binder s vinyl; an ex-library copy with the usual markings. New York; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; (1952). #66757 A$10.00
37 Goodrich, Edwin S. THE EVOLUTION OF LIVING ORGANISMS. Revised Edition. F cap 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 125+3(adv., last blank); 7 figures, references, index; original cloth (spine faded; stamp on title-page & at end of index); a very good copy. London and Edinburgh; T. C. & E. C. Jack; 1919. #9732 A$20.00
38 Herbert, S. THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION. Second (Revised) Edition containing ninety illustrations and tables. Second Edition; pp. xii, 348; 90 figures including folding diag., 1 coloured & 2 b/w. plates, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth; (a few light pencil marks); a very good copy. London; A. & C. Black, Ltd.; 1915. ***First published in 1913, this edition includes additional material which was published too late to be included in the first edition. #66763 A$65.00
39 Huxley, Julian S. The Forum Series. THE STREAM OF LIFE. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 56; original papered boards (spine marked; several pencilled markings); a very good copy. London; Watts & Co.; 1926. ***The Forum Series No. 1. #66616 A$25.00
40 Huxley, Julian S. PROBLEMS OF RELATIVE GROWTH. With 105 illustrations. First U.S. Edition; pp. xx, 276; frontispiece, 104 figures, Erratum slip, bibliography, addenda, index of authors, subject index, index of organisms; original cloth (spine a little marked); a very good copy. New York; Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press; MCMXXXII [1932]. #66675 A$60.00
41 Huxley, Julian. EVOLUTION. The Modern Synthesis. First Edition; pp. 646, [2](blank); Errata slip (inserted at p. 342), extensive bibliography, indexes to Subjects, Organisms, and Authorities; original buckram (a little flecked); a very good copy; scarce. London; George Allen & Unwin Ltd; (1942). #34739 A$85.00
42 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
43 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
44 Jones, Greta. SOCIAL DARWINISM AND ENGLISH THOUGHT. The Interaction between Biological and Social Theory. First Edition; pp. [iv], xiv, 234, [4](blank); bibliography, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Sussex; The Harvester Press; (1980). #65492 A$35.00
45 Jones, Steve. ALMOST LIKE A WHALE. The Origin of Species Updated. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 402; bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Doubleday; (1999). #16093 A$50.00
46 Jones, Steve. Y. THE DESCENT OF MEN. First Edition; pp. [viii], 280; bibliography, index; original papered boards; (lower corner rather bumped, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper). (London); Little, Brown; (2002). #26781 A$18.00
47 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$35.00
48 Lock, Robert Heath. RECENT PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF VARIATION, HEREDITY, AND EVOLUTION. Second Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 334, [4](adv.); 9 plates, 43 text figures, glossary, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1909. #19520 A$50.00
49 Lock, Robert Heath. RECENT PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF VARIATION, HEREDITY, AND EVOLUTION. Revised by Leonard Doncaster. Biographical Note by Bella Sidney Woolf (Mrs. R. H. Lock). Fourth Edition; pp. xxiv, 336; 10 plates, 43 text figures, glossary, index; original cloth (spine faded); a nice copy. London; John Murray; 1916. #66771 A$95.00
50 Mason, Philip. MAN, RACE & DARWIN. Papers Read at a Joint Conference of The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and the Institute of Race Relations. With an introduction and epilogue by Philip Mason. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Institute of Race Relations. First Edition; pp. [viii], 152(last blank); bibliography, appendix; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper (covered, with boards, with adhesive plastic). London; Oxford University Press; 1960. #65895 A$25.00
51 Maudsley, Henry. HEREDITY, VARIATION AND GENIUS. With essay on Shakspeare: Testimonied in his own Bringingsforth and address on Medicine: present and prospective. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv], 224; original cloth; a very good copy. London; John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd.; 1908. #66764 A$65.00
52 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
53 Mendel, Gregor. EXPERIMENTS IN PLANT HYBRID ISATION. With a Foreword by Paul C. Mangelsdorf. Med. 8vo, 20th Impression; pp. [ii], viii, 46(last 5 blank); portrait frontispiece; original wrappers; a very good copy. Cambridge; Harvard University Press; (1974). ***First published in this form in 1965 from a translation made by the Royal Horticultural Society of London, with footnotes added and minor changes suggested by Professor W. Bateson. #66776 A$35.00
54 Morgan, Thomas Hunt. Columbia University Biological Series. VII. REGENERATION. First Edition; pp. xiv, 316, [2](blank); 66 figures, bibliography, index; original buckram; uncut; a very good exlibrary copy with withdrawn stamps on title-page & endpapers only. New York; The Macmillan Company; 1901. #66312 A$30.00
55 Morgan, T. H.; Sturtevant, A. H.; Muller, H. J.; Bridges, C. B. THE MECHANISM OF MENDELIAN HEREDITY. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 262, [2](blank); frontispiece, 64 figures, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth (spine a little dull); a very good copy; scarce. London; Constable & Company Limited; 1915. ***First published in the U.S.: the title-page is a cancel. An important work which first demonstrated the correspondence between chromosomes and genetic inheritance. Morgan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1933 for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity. #66779 A$220.00
56 Newman, Horatio Hackett. EVOLUTION, GENETICS AND EUGENICS. Third Edition. Med. 8vo, Third Edition, Third Impression; pp. xxiv, 620; 100 illustrations & figures, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth, (a couple of leaves partially browned); a very good copy. Chicago, Illinois; The University of Chicago Press; (1935). ***First published in 1921, this third edition in 1932. Consisting of material by the Author together with important extracts from the works of major writers including Darwin, Romanes, Wallace, Gadow, J. Arthur Thomson, de Vries, and others. #66670 A$40.00
57 Oldroyd, D. R. DARWINIAN IMPACTS. An introduction to the Darwnian Revolution. First Edition; pp. xvi, 400(last blank); 31 figures, notes, appendix, references, name index, subject index; original stiff wrappers; (a few ink markings in margins); a very good copy. Kensington; New South Wales University Press; (1980). #55324 A$35.00
58 Pollack, Robert. SIGNS OF LIFE. The Language and Meanings of DNA. First Edition; pp. [x], 212, [2](blank); references, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Company; 1994. ***Looking at DNA from a language perspective: an interesting cross-over. #47139 A$40.00
59 Punnett, R[eginald] C[rundall]. MENDELISM. Second Edition. F cap 8vo, Second Edition, Second Impression; pp. viii, 88(last 3 blank); several diagrams, concluding note, index; original cloth; a nice copy. Cambridge; Bowes & Bowes; 1907. ***First published 1905, here revised. The title-page is cancel. #66787 A$45.00
60 Punnett, R[eginald] C[rundall]. MENDELISM. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, 176; frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 5 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 35 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth (partly a little faded; blind-stamp Presentation Copy on title-page); a nice copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1911. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, and here entirely rewritten and much enlarged. #66788 A$65.00
61 Punnett, R[eginald] C[rundall]. MENDELISM. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, 176; frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 5 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 35 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth (a little worn & marked; a good ex-library copy with plate on front endpaper & a few perforating library stamps); scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1911. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, and here entirely rewritten and much enlarged. #17194 A$25.00
62 Punnett, R[eginald] C[rundall]. MENDELISM. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 180; frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 5 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 35 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth (a little flecked); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1912. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, entirely rewritten and much enlarged for the third edition, here further revised. #60214 A$85.00
63 Punnett, Reginald Crundall; F.R.S. MENDELISM. Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 220(last blank), [4](adv.); frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 6 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 52 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth (spine a little faded); a nice copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1919. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, entirely rewritten and much enlarged for the third edition, revised again for the fourth edition, and here further revised and rewritten. #66789 A$125.00
64 Punnett, Reginald Crundall; F.R.S. MENDELISM. Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 220(last blank), [4](adv.); frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 6 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 52 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a very nice copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1922. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, entirely rewritten and much enlarged for the third edition, revised again for the fourth edition, and here further revised and rewritten. #66790 A$125.00
65 Reid, G. Archdall. THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY with some applications. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Colonial Issue; pp. xiv, 360; index; original cloth, uncut & largely unopened; (rear board warped and damp-marked, otherwise a very good copy). London; George Bell & Sons; 1905. ***Bell s Indian and Colonial Library: lacking a preliminary blank, perhaps as issued. With interesting remarks on health, instinct, mental evolution, etc. #66777 A$60.00
66 Relethford, John H. REFLECTIONS OF OUR PAST. How Human History Is Revealed in Our Genes. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 260(last 3 blank); numerous maps & figures, notes, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Boulder, Colorado); Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2003). #25717 A$45.00
67 Ribot, Th. HEREDITY: A Psychological Study of its Phenomena, Laws, Causes, and Consequences. From the French of Th. Ribot. First Edition; pp. x, 396(last 3 blank); original cloth (a little worn; some foxing & minor soiling throughout). London; Henry S. King & Co.; 1875. #66774 A$35.00
68 Romanes, George John. AN EXAMINATION OF WEISMANNISM. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv], x, 224(last 3 adv.); portrait frontispiece, 2 appendices, glossary, index; original cloth, top edge gilt; (small name stamp of former owner at head of title-page; first few leaves cracked at inner margin and repaired; otherwise a very good copy); scarce. Chicago; The Open Court Publishing Company; 1893. #66756 A$65.00
69 Saleeby, C. W. HEREDITY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 120(including pastedowns); subject index, index of names; original cloth (front cover damp-marked; otherwise very good). London; T. C. & E. C. Jack; [1905]. ***The Shilling Scientific Series. #66770 A$20.00
70 Savory, T. H.; Joselin, F. E. and Walton, John. Living Names. SEVEN BIOLOGISTS. Aristotle. Linnaeus. Lamarck. Cuvier. Mendel. Darwin. Pavlov. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], 90(last blank); original stiff wrappers (spine a little worn); a very good copy; scarce. (London); Oxford University Press; 1943. #65625 A$35.00
71 Shapiro, Robert. THE HUMAN BLUEPRINT. The Race to Unlock the Secrets of Our Genetic Script. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 412; 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; St. Martin s Press; (1991). #52074 A$40.00
72 Sheppard, P. M. NATURAL SELECTION AND HEREDITY. First Edition; pp. 212; 8 figures, references, index; original cloth (slightly bumped); original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson of London; (1958). #66759 A$50.00
73 Smith, John Maynard. THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. 320; 32 figures, references, glossary, bibliography, index; original wrappers; a very good copy. (Harmondsworth, Middlesex); Penguin Books; (1958). #66615 A$25.00
74 Smith, John Maynard and Szathmary, Eors. THE ORIGINS OF LIFE. From the birth of life to the origin of language. Cr. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. [x], 180, [2](blank); a few diagrams, bibliography, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2000). ***An interesting and detailed overview of the physical/chemical origins of life, evolution of living organisms and the birth of language in humans and possibly other species. #9488 A$15.00
75 Spencer, Herbert. THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY. Revised and Enlarged Edition. (Otherwise Sixth Thousand). 2 vols., Vol. I, pp. xii, 706, [2](blank); a few figures, 4 appendices; Vol. II, pp. viii, 660; several figures, 7 appendices, subject-index; original cloth, decorated in gilt with the cover design by the Author; (spines a little marked); uncut & largely unopened; a very good set; scarce. London; Williams & Norgate; 1899. ***A System of Synthetic Philosophy, Volumes II-III, complete in itself. #65756 A$100.00
76 Stanley, Steven M. THE NEW EVOLUTIONARY TIMETABLE. Fossils, Genes, and the Origin of Species. Med. 8vo, First Edition, paperback issue; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank); numerous figures, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Basic Books, Inc., Publishers; (1981). #49204 A$20.00
77 Thomson, J. Arthur. HEREDITY. Thick 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xvi, 606(last blank), [2](adv.); 48 illustrations, including 16 plates (9 coloured), extensive bibliography, subject index to bibliography, index; original cloth (rubbed); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1908. ***The Progressive Science Series. #66778 A$95.00
78 von Nageli, Carl. A MECHANICO-PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION. Second Edition. Pp. [iv], 62(last 3 adv.); appendix; original cloth; (lacking portion of rear endpaper; a tear to one leaf repaired; ink annotation to 3 pp. at start). Chicago; The Open Court Publishing Co.; 1914. ***First published in 1898. #66754 A$25.00
79 Watson, J. A. S. HEREDITY. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. [3]- 94, [4](adv.); 11 figures, references, index; original cloth; a nice copy. London and Edinburgh; T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1915]. ***A volume in The People s Books series. #66772 A$25.00
80 Watson, J. A. S. HEREDITY. Revised Edition. F cap 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 126, [2](adv.); 11 figures, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London and Edinburgh; T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd.; 1919. ***A volume in The People s Books series. #66765 A$20.00
81 Weismann, Dr. August. ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY and Kindred Biological Problems. [Volume I]. Authorised Translation. Edited by Edward B. Poulton... Selmar Schonland... and Arthur E. Shipley... Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 456(last blank); a few figs., index; original cloth (rebacked, preserving original backstrip; board edges a little worn; stamp on title-page); a very good copy; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1889. ***This volume was reissued in smaller format in a second edition in 1891. With the bookplate of Royal Holloway College. [with] Weismann, Dr. August. ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY and Kindred Biological Problems. Volume II. Edited by Edward B. Poulton... and Arthur E. Shipley... Authorised Translation. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 228(last blank), 72(adv.); a few figures, index; original cloth, gilt; uncut; a very good copy; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1892. ***With the bookplate of The Gordon Craig Memorial Library, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. #66780 A$375.00
82 Weismann, August. THE GERM-PLASM: A Theory of Heredity. Translated by W. Newton Parker, Ph.D., Professor in the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and Harriet Ronnfeldt, B.Sc. With 24 illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. xxiv, 478(last blank); 24 figures, index; original cloth (slightly worn); a very good copy. London; Walter Scott, Ltd.; 1893. ***The Contemporary Science Series, Edited by Havelock Ellis [Volume 22]. #66775 A$110.00
83 Weismann, Dr. August. THE EVOLUTION THEORY. Translated with the Author s co-operation by J. Arthur Thomson and Margaret R. Thomson. Illustrated. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 416; 3 fine coloured plates, 95 figures (7 coloured); Vol. II, pp. viii, 406, [2](adv.), 4(adv.); 36 figures, index; original cloth (slightly marked); a very nice set; scarce. London; Edward Arnold; 1904. ***Translated from the second German edition, based on Weismann s lectures. #66750 A$650.00
84 White, M. J. D. THE CHROMOSOMES. With a frontispiece and 21 other illustrations. F cap 8vo, Second Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. x, 124; frontispiece, 21 figures, glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1952). ***Methuen s Monographs on Biological Subjects, General Editor: Michael Abercrombie. #66768 A$25.00
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