Morphological and Biochemical Correlates of Neural Activity.
141 illus. 244pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1964). The first comprehensive review of the correlations between the biochemistry, physiology and structure of cerebral tissue. More
BIOLOGY
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology: Biological Applications of Tracer Elements.
Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory, 1948. Illustrated with diagrams. 222 pages. 4to, red cloth (a bit worn at head). Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory, 1948. First edition. A very good copy. Volume XIII. More
Darwin and The Naked Lady: Discursive Essays on Biology and Art.
New York: 1962. 174pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1962. More
The Production of Cancer by Pure Hydrocarbons.
7 plates. 42 pages (pp. 455-496) IN: Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. 1932, vol. 111, no. B 773. Offered entire. 8vo, original beige wrappers. London, 1932. Discovery of the carcinogenic properties of dibenzanthracene compounds. G-M 2654. More
A Biology of Dragonflies.
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau: Challenges of the Sea.
New York: World, 1974. Profusely illustrated, 144pp. 8vo, boards. N.Y.: World, 1974. Very good in very good dust jacket. Volume XVIII, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau. More
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Illustrated in black and white. 368 pages, 8vo, green cloth, dust wrapper (light edgewear to wrapper). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Center of Life: A Natural History of the Cell.
New York: 1977. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1977. More
An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of The American Philosophical Society
Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 1976. Edited and Annotated by P. Thomas Carroll. Foreword by Frederick Burkhardt. Frontis portrait. Illustrated. xli + 235pp., 4to, cloth. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1976. A very good ( ) copy. More
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1980. With the original illustrations. 658 pages, large, thick 8vo, gilt-decorated green leather, a.e.g. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1980. A fine copy. The Great Books of the Western World. More
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
New York: Avenel, 1979. Illustrated. ix + 460 pages plus glossary. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Avenel, (1979). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
London: Murray, 1871. 2 volumes. Illustrations within the text. viii, 423, [1], 16; viii, [2], 475, [1], 16 pages. Short 8vo, publisher's original green cloth (covers spotted & lightly worn at ends and tips; small ownership signatures at top of titles, else rather clean pages). London: John Murray, 1871. First printing of the first edition -- with "transmitted" as first word of page 297 in first volume and Errata on verso of title in 2nd volume; includes 16pp publishers advertisements..... More
A Hundred Years of Biology
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1952. With a few diagrams. 429pp. 8vo, black cloth. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., (1952). Edges and spine a bit worn, with previous owner's pencil inscriptions on front free end paper. A very good copy. More
Manuel D'Histoire Naturelle Medicale
Paris: Octave Doin, 1882. 523 text illustrations. 782 pages, thick 12mo, half leather over marbled boards; a few pages with faint dampstaining, covers edgeworn. Paris: Octave Doin, 1882. A clean, tight very good copy. More
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. x + 400 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Wrapper has very light wear. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Very good (+). More
The Ape's Reflexion.
Illustrated. 288pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. chipped). N.Y.: Dial Press, (1979). Very good. More
Die Mechanisierung des Weltbildes.
Berlin: Springer, 1956. Translated into German from the original Dutch by Helga Habicht. Illustrated with 47 in-text figures. vii, 594pp. Thick 8vo, blue- lettered pale cloth, d.w. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1956. First edition in German. Neatly inked name inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy in a very good(+) slightly soiled dust wrapper. More
Animalwatch: Behavior, Biology, and Beauty.
New York: Abrams, 1996. Foreword by Jane Goodall. Profusely illustrated in color. 143pp. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. a bit torn at topedge. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1996). Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
Celebrations of Life.
260pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1981). Near fine. More
De l'Endosmose des Acides.
32pp. IN: Annales de Chemie et de Physique, vol. 60, pp. 337-68. 8vo, boards (slightly chipped). Paris, 1835. First Edition. Offered entire. Very good (+). The author did the classic study of osmosis. More
Nouvelles Recherches sur l'Endosmose et l'Exosmose.
10pp. FROM: Annales Chemiques et Physiques, vol. 37, pp. 191-201. 8vo, wrs. Paris, 1828. Dutrochet demonstrated that passage of fluid through a membrane from one side to the other, known since his important work as "endosmosis" or "exosmosis." The pressure due to this passage of water has naturally been called "osmotic." GM 670. More
Le Darwinisme. Lecons Prefessees a L'Ecole D'Anthropologie
Paris: Delayaye, 1886. xl + 576pp., thick 8vo, half leather over marbled boards, original wrappers bound in; few minor instances of foxing. Paris: Adrien Delahaye et Emile Lecrosnier, 1886. A very good (+) copy. More
Scientific and Esoteric Studies in Sexual Degeneration in Mankind and in Animals.
New York: Anthropological, 1932. Translated by Ulrich Van Der Horst. Frontis. Large 8vo, black pebbled cloth, small stain on rear cover. New York: Privately Printed by Anthropological Press, (1932). A very good (+) copy. Limited, numbered edition, privately printed, of the book Havelock Ellis called "The greatest work on the sexual instinct in French." More
Thinking About Science: Max Delbruck and The Origins of Molecular Biology.
New York: Norton, 1988. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and figures. 334pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1988). Near fine. More
Darwinism, and Other Essays: New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. 374pp. 8vo, rebound in blue cloth. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Very slightly edge-worn, still a very good(+) copy. Reprint of the Houghton Mifflin edition from 1913. More