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Evolution:

Nasmyth, George PhD . SOCIAL PROGRESS AND THE DARWINIAN THEORY (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
NY 1916 1st Putnam. Introduction by Norman Angell. A study of force as a factor in human relations. Hardcover. Small octavo, 417pp., index, cloth. VG. (a12063)
$35.00 Montagu, Ashley . DARWIN COMPETITION AND COOPERATION
NY 1952 1st Schuman. A penetrating and highly readable examination of the Darwinian theory of the Survival of the Fittest, with some important and exciting conclusions. Thin sm8vo. , 148pp., VG in Good plus DJ. (a12666)
$20.00 Williams, Henry Smith . SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
NY 1932 1st McBride. 8vo., 321pp., color frontis, illustrated by the author. Inscribed and signed presentation copy to Mrs. Gilbert Pearson from Williams. Good plus, spine soiled, some wear, no DJ. (a13102)
$35.00 Wagner, Dr. Adolf . GESCHICHTE DES LAMARCKISMUS
Stuttgart no date (early 20thc) Franckhsche . "Als einfuhrung indie Psycho-Biologische bewegung der Gegenwart." 313p. VG, except hinges cracked. Worn and chipped dj. (a13971)
$95.00 Wintrebert, P. . LE VIVANT CREATEUR DE SON EVOLUTION
Paris 1962-lst Masson. 416p. VG. LImp boards covered with black cloth. Evolutionary theory. VG a few tiny spots on cover. Text clean. In French. (a14361)
$35.00 Fontaine, Rev Edward . HOW THE WORLD WAS PEOPLED ETHNOLOGICAL PAPERS
NY 1872 1st Appleton. Hardcover. octavo, 341pp., brown cloth with gilt globe and lettering on spine. Good plus, some browning, spine ends a bit frayed. (a14907)
$150.00 Hanson, Earl D. . ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS
Middletown, CT 1977 Wesleyan. Thick sm4to. 670p.Index. Illus. Fine in fine DJ. (a16161)
$37.00 Matthew, William Diller . CLIMATE AND EVOLUTION
NY 1939-2nd Special Pub of NY Academy of Science Vol. 1. Arranged by E. Colbert, preface by Wm. Gregory, critical adtions by C. Camp and V. Vanderhoof. 223pp. Good. (a17213)
$35.00 Romanes, George John . AN EXAMINATION OF WEISMANNISM
Chicago 1893 Open Court. Much on Charles Darwin, heredity, evolution. August Weismann 1834-1914, was German biologist who denied that acquired characteristics are passed on to offspring and "contended that only variations of the germ plasm are inherited." (Webster Biographical Dict.) Hardcover. Small octavo, 221pp., frontis portait of Weisman, cloth. Good plus, light wear. (a17233)
$110.00 Mohr, Jan . A STUDY OF LINKAGE IN MAN
Kobenhavn 1953 Opera ex Domo Biologiae Hereditariae Humanae Univ. Hafniensis. Octavo, 119pp., wraps. VG. (a17366)
$45.00 Count, Earl. W. . BEING AND BECOMING HUMAN ESSAYS ON THE BIOGRAM
NY 1973 1st (stated). 8vo., 349pp., index. VG in VG DJ. (a22900)
$45.00 Guyenot, Em. et A. Naville . RECHERCHES SUR LE PARASITISME ET L'EVOLUTION D'UNE MICROSPORIDIE GLUGEA DANILEWSKYI L. PFR. PARASITE DE LA COULEUVRE
Geneve 1922. Offprint from Vol. 30 #1 Sept. 1922 of Revue Suisse de Zoologie. In French. 8vo., 61pp., two double page plates one in color, wraps. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a23507)
$35.00 D'Ancona, Umberto . THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
Leiden 1954 Brill. Translated into English. by Anne Charles and R. Withers. 8vo., 274pp. VG, no DJ. (a28656)
$45.00 Tholfsen, Trygve R. . IDEOLOGY AND REVOLUTION IN MODERN EUROPE AN ESSAY ON THE ROLE OF IDEAS IN HISTORY
NY 1984 Columbia. Hardcove.Octavo, 287p., index, cloth. Stamp of Columbia Press Editorial Department Library on front flyleaf and top edge. VG in VG DJ. (a28721)
$27.00 Huxley, Thomas H. . SCIENCE AND HEBREW TRADITION ESSAYS
NY no date (preface, 1893) Authorized (Westminster) edition. Copy #617 of 1000. Blue cloth with gilt decorations on spine. Essays on evolution , paleontology, the method of Zadig, theology. VG. (a29293)
$40.00 Kwang-Rin, Lee . KOREA'S RESPONSE TO SOCIAL DARWINISM
Seoul 1978. In Korea Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4 April 1978 at pp. 36-47. Printed in double column. Whole issue has several articles. sm4to., wraps. VG. (a33362)
$35.00 De Wildeman, E. . INTERSEXUALITE, UNISEXUALITECHEZ QUELQUES PHANEROGAMES TENDANCE VERS LA STERILITE OU LA FECUNDITE APPARITION, DISPARITION D'ESPECES
Bussels 1936. Memoir of the Academie Royale de Belgique, Classe de Sciences, Deuxieme Serie, Tome XV. 8vo., 168pp., later wraps. (a36743)
$85.00 Nigrelli, Ross F. (editor) . MODERN IDEAS ON SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
NY 1957. Annals of NY Academy of Sciences Vol. 69, Art 2. 8vo., pp. 255-376, wraps. Articles include: The Origin of Optical Activity by George Wald, Role of the Gene in Evolution by Carl LIndegren, Speculations on Origins and Evolution of Photosynthesis by Granick, Phosphorus and Origin of Life by Addison Gulick, Formation of Organic Compounds on Primitive Early by Stanley Miller. VG. (a45042)
$80.00 (Darwin, Charles) . DARWIN ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
1959 Indiana University. Complete issue of Victorian Studies, September 1959, Volume III, No. 1. Sm.4to., 128pp., wraps. Good, light soiling, light wear. (a45664)
$39.00 Alland, Alexander Jr. . HUMAN NATURE: DARWIN'S VIEW
NY 1985 1st Columbia University. 8vo., 242pp., index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a47190)
$26.00 Piontek, Janusz (editor) . VARIABILITY AND EVOLUTION JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 8
Poznan 2000 Adam Mickiewicz University. Single issue. In English. Sm.4to., 141pp., wraps. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a52651)
$35.00 Orchard, Professor H. Langhorne . PHILOSOPHY AND EVOLUTION: AN INQUIRY
London 1908. 8vo., 30pp., (includes short discussion), removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a57378)
$35.00 Johnson, Roswell H. . DETERMINATE EVOLUTION IN THE COLOR-PATTERN OF THE LADY-BEETLES
Washington 1910 Carnegie Institution. Sm.4to., 104pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Label on lower part of front, a few university stamps on endpapers and fore-edges. one or two other ownership marks. VG. (a62430)
$65.00 Keller, Albert Galloway . SOCIETAL EVOLUTION A STUDY OF THE EVOLUTIONARY BASIS OF THE SCENCE OF SOCIETY
New York 1915 1st Macmillan. Octavo, 33pp., hardcover. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine. Good, no dj. (a64974)
$35.00 Huxley, Thomas Henry . ZEUGNISSE FUR DIE STELLUNG DES MENSCHEN IN DER NATUR
Braunschweig 1863 Vieweg. Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt von J. Victor Carus. Drei Abhandlungen: Uber die Naturgeschchte der Menschenahnlichen Affen. Uber die Bezichunger des Menschen zu den Nachstniederen Thieren. Uber Einige Fossile Menschliche Uberreste. In German. Octavo, 178pp., frontis of 5 figures showing development from Gibbon thru Orang to Chimp then Gorilla to Man, a few text illustrations, original marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Title on spine in mss ink. Contemporary owner name stamp on titlepage (S. Loewe). Good, edges very worn down, a bit of soiling. (a66471)
$210.00 Mayr, Ernst . ANIMAL SPECIES AND EVOLUTION
Cambridge 1965 2nd Belknap, Harvard University. The complete unabridged edition. Sm.4to., 797pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a67536)
$99.00 Conklin, Edwin G. . PENROSE MEMORIAL LECTURE: A GENERATION'S PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF EVOLUTION
1934. Article at pp. 137-158 in single issue of Proceedings of American Philosophical Society. VG plus. (a74526)
$30.00 Bastian, H. Charlton M.D. . THE ORIGIN OF LIFE BEING AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS WITH CERTAIN SUPERHEATED SALIE SOLUTIONS IN HERMETICALLY SEALED VESSELS
NY 1911 Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 119pp. plus 10 plates, publisher ads, gilt decorated green cloth. VG plus, light toning on end papers, small indentation on lower edge rear cover, a few text pages crudely opened. Almost no wear, text clean and no ownership marks. (a75243)
$75.00 Pearson, Karl . MATHEMATICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. ON THE LAW OF ANCESTRAL HEREDITY
London 1898. Removed from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, pp. 386-417, charts, and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a77013)
$48.00 Eiseley, Loren C . CHARLES DARWIN, EDWARD BLYTH AND THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
1959. Article at pp. 94-158 in single issue of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Additional articles in same issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a77461c)
$39.00 Poulton, E. B . A HUNDRED YEARS OF EVOLUTION
London 1931. Article on pp. 71-95 in one hardcover volume of Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1926. Numerous other articles in same volume as well. Octavo, light brown cloth. VG. (a77608a)
$50.00 Dawson, J. W. . HAECKEL ON THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
NY 1880. Article at pp. 444-464 in single issue of The Princeton Review. Additional articles in same issue as well. Large octavo, original printed wraps. VG, cover frayed on edges. (a77619b)
$35.00 Davenport, Charles B. . HEREDITY AND MENDEL'S LAW
Washington1907 1st. Davenport was a leading proponent of Eugenics. Offprint from the Proceedings of Washington Academy of Sciences. July 31, 1907. Sm.4to., pp. 179-197, original blue printed wraps. Good plus, tiny corner chip from front and small chip from rear cover. (a77851)
$95.00 Le Conte, Joseph . EVOLUTION IN RELATION TO MATERIALISM
1881. Article at pp. 149-174 in single complete issue of The Princeton Review. Several other articles in issue as well. Good plus, cover edges frayed. (a79608a)
$39.00Fothergill, Philip. HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION
London 1952 1st Hollis and Carter. 8vo., 427pp., index, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a8105)
$23.00 Morshead, E. J. . ON COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
1877. Article at pp. 439-462 extracted from the Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute and rebound in later wraps. Another step in the process of scholars and theologians considering the moral and social implications of the then-new theory of Evolution. Octavo, wraps. VG plus. (a82669)
$35.00 Guyenot, Emile . THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
New York 1964 Walker. Hardcover. Small octavo, 148pp., cloth. VG, text lightly evenly toned, no DJ. (a83424)
$39.00 Pearson, Karl . ON A CRITERION WHICH MAY SERVE TO TEST VARIOUS THEORIES OF INHERITANCE
1904. Article at pp. 262-280 (complete) in one entire issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society Vol. LXXIII, No. 493, May 1904. Issue also has articles by George J. Burch, Alexander Wood, Andrew Gray, A. G. Greenhill and J. Y. Buchanan. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG, light chip at heel of spine, light cover wear. Scarce in original wraps. (a84701)
$200.00 MacDouglas, Daniel Trembly . HEREDITY AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
1906. Article at pp. 32-64 in single complete issue of The Monist for January 1906. Other articles by different authors in issue as well. Octavo, original wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a85610c)
$35.00Darbishire, A. D.. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL LAWS OF HEREDITY
1906. Article on pp. 1-44, removed from The Memoirs of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a85682)
$27.00 Just, E. E. . PHENOMENA OF EMBRYOGENESIS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR A THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND HEREDITY
1937. Article at pp. 97-112, in single complete issue of The American Naturalist, Volume LXXI No. 733. Other articles on evolution and heredity in same issue. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good, cover frayed on edges. (a85704a)
$29.00 Park, Thomas . THE INHERITANCE OF THE MUTATION "PEARL" IN THE FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM HERBST
1937. Article at pp. 143-157 in single complete issue of The American Naturalist, Volume LXXI No. 733. Other articles on evolution and heredity in same issue. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good, cover frayed on edges. (a85704b)
$29.00 Pallen, Montrose A. . HERITAGE, OR HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION
1856. Article at pp. 490-501 in single complete issue of The St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. Numerous additional interesting medical articles included in issue. Octavo, original printed tan wraps. "Medical Gazette" written in ink on cover. Good, a bit worn. Binding secure and text clean. (a85717)
$28.00 Linton, M. L. and W. M. McPheeters, MDs . ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL MARCH 1858
1858. Article at pp. 385-391 in single complete issue of The St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. Numerous additional interesting medical articles on Bright's Disease, Emyema, Fracture of Leg, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Valedictory address of McPheeters, and more. Octavo, original printed tan wraps. "Medical Gazette" written in ink on cover. Good, cover worn and chipped, first ten pages have inch-sized chip from inner lower blank margin. Binding secure. (a85718)
$35.00 Hickson, Sydney J. . ANIMAL SYMMETRY AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF SPECIES
Manchester 1916. Presidential Address at pp. 1-15, removed from the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Machester Literary & Philosophical Society and rebound in later wraps. Institution stamp at top margin of first page. Uncut. VG. (a85852)
$35.00 Mott, Albert J. . ON HAECKEL'S HISTORY OF CREATION
London and Liverpool 1877 Longmans. Article on pp. 41-121, removed from the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 1876-77, No. XXXI and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a87647)
$45.00 Higgins, H. H. . DEVELOPMENTALISTS AND EVOLUTIONISTS; OR THE USE OF DOGMA IN SCIENCE
London 1878. Octavo article taken from Proceedings of the LIterary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, No. XXXII at pp. 67-94, rebound in later plain wraps. VG. (a89071)
$35.00Soddy, Frederick. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER AS REVEALED BY THE RADIO-ACTIVE ELEMENTS
Article of 42 pages contained in one complete issue of Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society 1903-1904. Manchester, March 1904, first edition. Original blue printed wraps. octavo. Other articles in issue as well. VG. no owner ship marks. (a89643a)
$45.00 Darbishire, A D . ON THE BEARING OF MENDELIAN PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY ON CURRENT THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
Manchester 1904 first edition. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 19p. later plain wraps. Near Fine, no ownership marks. (a90796)
$25.00 Hall, George M . FAREWELL TO DARWIN THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY OF PHYSICS, THE GENETIC PROCESS AND PSYCHOLOGY
St. Louis 1977 Warren H. Green. 8vo., 498pp., illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a9314)
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