Minelli, Alessandro

The Development of Animal Form: Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 Pp. xviii, 323, 37 line drawings, 12 half-tones. Original pictorial boards (hardback) lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 8vo. This volume focuses on the 'evo-devo' model - an integration of traditional morphological and current molecular genetic approaches to the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Blind-stamp and inscription of former owner's name neatly crossed out on front endpaper. A beautiful copy (as new) in fine condition..

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Book number: 3455

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: ISBN 0-521-80851-0

Montgomery, Thomas H.

On Phylogenetic Classification

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1902. First edition. Pp. 187-232. Early plain brown wrappers, 8vo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for April 1902. An early work on evolutionary theory with much discussion of homology. No ownership marks. A tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7613

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Murray, Andrew

The Geographical Distribution of Mammals

London: Day and Son, 1866. First edition Pp. xvi, 420, color frontis plate of a marsupial and placental mouse, color diagram of geological section of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods, 101 color maps (some are double page). Publisher's original blind-stamped green cloth with spine lettered in gilt, lg 4to. This is one of the first works to describe the worldwide distribution of mammals. Written just after the publication of Darwin's 'Origin of Species,' this monograph grapples with the consequences of viewing mammalian distribution in an evolutionary framework. A historically important and scarce title. Single old circular stamp of Belcher Library, Gaysville, Vermont on the front endpaper, no other ownership marks. Light edge wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, foxing to the rear (blank) side of the frontis plate, double-page map 28 has a small stain along the outer top edge - all remaining parts of the text, plates and maps are bright and clean without any foxing or browning; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3595

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolutionary biology mammalogy mammals evolution distribution geology Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic

National Center for Scientific Research of Vietnam

Selected Collection of Scientific on Ecology and Biological Researches (1986-1990)

Hanoi, Vietnam: Publishing House ""Science and Technic"", 1990. First edition. Pp. 248; some text-figures. Original printed green and white wrappers, sm 4to. Contains 58 chapters on mammals, insects, plants, ecology, natural resources, etc. mostly of northern Vietnam published between 1986 and 1990. The text is in Vietnamese but each chapter has a summary in English. There is also an index in English to all 58 chapters at the end of the work. Scarce work. Inscribed by one of the authors on the title page. Some wear to wrappers, a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8255

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Navia, Juan M.

Animal Models in Dental Research.

Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1977. First edition. Pp. xxi, 466; some black-and-white photos, graphs and line-drawings. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Contains 17 chapters describing the use of animal models in dental research. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 6458

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Nelson, Gareth and Rosen, Donn (editors)

Vicariance Biogeography: A Critique.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. First edition. Pp. xvi, 593; numerous text-figures (line-drawings and maps). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in white on the spine, green pictorial dust jacket lettered in white, lg. 8vo. Based on a symposium of the Systematics Discussion Group of the American Museum of Natural History, May 2-4, 1979. Includes 12 chapters authored by 42 specialists. Provides a critique the works of Leon Croizat among others. No ownership marks. One text page with small marginal ink inscription and 4 other text pages with some neat yellow highlights. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5144

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolutionary biology evolution systematics biogeography cladistics vicariance Leon Croizat Nelson Rosen ISBN 0-231-04808-4

Nybakken, James W.

Pre-Earthquake Intertidal Ecology of Three Saints Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Anchorage: University of Alaska, 1969. First edition. Pp. vi, 117; 50 text-figures, photos and maps. Original printed stiff wrappers, 8vo. Biological Papers of the University of Alaska, number 9. An interesting ecological survey of Kodiak Island and surrounding areas undertaken in 1963 before the 1964 Alaska earthquake. That earthquake caused the island to subside 2-5 feet dramatically altering its coastline. Single oval ink stamp of the Zoological Institute in Upsala, Sweden on the front and rear wrapper, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 5188

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolutionary biology evolution paleontology geology ecology Three Saints Bay Kodiak Island Alaska earthquake 1963 1964 United States North America

Oxnard, Charles

Form and Pattern in Human Evolution: Some Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Approaches

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973. First edition. Pp. ix, 218; 123 text-figures (line-drawings), 12 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, red pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white, sm 4to. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate how a variety of statistical, physical, and engineering techniques can be applied to the study of bones of living and fossil primates in order to ""capture the functionally important aspects"" of shape and structure in human evolution (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7478

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Oxnard, Charles

Uniqueness and Diversity in Human Evolution: Morphometric Studies of Australopithecines

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition. Pp. viii, 133; 87 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, red pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white, sm 4to. The author uses multivariate statistical analysis to investigate specific a specific problem in evolutionary biology - the placement of the australopithecines in human phylogeny. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7479

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Pianka, Eric

Evolutionary Ecology.

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. Fifth Edition. Pp. x, 486; numerous charts, graphs and line-drawings. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), 8vo. Provides balanced coverage of both plant and animal species in an evolutionary ecological perspective. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine (as new) condition..

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Book number: 6301

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Price, Peter W.

Biological Evolution

Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing, 1996. First edition. Pp. xviii, 429, 30, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), map endpapers, lg 8vo. This book introduces students to biological evolution starting with Darwin’s theory of evolution and how species develop over time. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9392

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Radinsky, Leonard B.

The Evolution of Vertebrate Design.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. xi, 188; numerous text-figures (fine line-drawings and some cladograms). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, lg 8vo. The great evolutionary biologist, Len Radinsky, was revising the manuscript for this book when in died of cancer in August 1985. The work was completed by MacArthur fellow and biologist, Sharon B. Emerson. Small name sticker of former owner on the front endpaper. No signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5546

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolutionary biology evolution vertebrate evolution Len Radinsky Sharon B. Emerson ISBN 0-226-70235-9

Rensch, B.

Evolution above the Species Level.

London: Methuen and Co, Ltd., 1959. First edition in English. Pp. xvii, 419, 113 text-figures and photos. Publisher's blue cloth with orange cloth title box, lg 8vo. Translated from the German edition of 1954. The object of this book is to examine critically all special factors and rules concerning transspecific evolution, to determine their validity, and to explore the possibility of interpreting them by the evolutionary mechanisms that are known to science. Dobzhansky, who wrote the foreword, describes this ""as one of the great books which has appeared since 1940."" From the library of George H. Beatty, III with his oval bookplate on the first endpaper. A bright and clean in near fine condition..

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Book number: 1510

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolution Evolutionary Biology Macroevolution Natural Sciences Natural Science

Roe, Anne and Simpson, George Gaylord

Behavior and Evolution

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. First edition, second printing. Pp. viii, 557, 1 black and white plate, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, green and blue dustjacket lettered in white, 8vo. This classic book is an early interdisciplinary analysis merging psychology and evolutionary biology to examine behavior. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9050

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Rush, John A.

Endocellular Selection: Evolution without Darwin

Monee, IL: ? privately published, 2021. First edition. Pp. viii, 125. Publisher’s printed stiff tan pictorial wrappers, lettered in maroon and gray on cover and spine, 8vo. This volume discusses the possibility of a cell’s active participation in evolutionary direction. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9417

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity