New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014. 344 pages. 8vo, two-toned blue and green boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (slightly dust-soiled). New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (2014). First edition. Signed by Ackerman at the half-title page. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Duckworth, 1918. 7 plates and text illustrations. 372 pages, thick 8vo, green cloth. London: Duckworth, 1918. First Edition. Very good. First Edition of this important work. Waller 220. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Illustrated in black & white. 242 pages. 4to, brown boards, d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. In very good(+) condition, with minor shelf wear to dust wrapper. More
New York: Garland, 1992. 404pp. Thick 8vo, red-lettered silver boards. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1992. A very near fine copy. Harvard Dissertations in the History of Science series. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white by Wayne McLoughlin. 238pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. edge-worn with small tears. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981. First Edition. Very good. More
Profusely Illustrated. 335pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cleveland: World, (1963). Near fine. More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1960. x + 206pp., 12mo, cloth, d.w.; light chipping at spine ends, small tear lower front. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1960. A near fine copy in a very good (-) dust jacket. More
Edinburgh: 1854. 3 pages (front and back) each measuring 7.25 x 4.5 inches, Edinburgh, October 6, 1854 -- a chatty letter to a colleague, in small part: "...Mr. Watson has presented himself and your letter, and I am in no doubt of adding him as an acceptable addition to our corps of literary priests in Edinburgh, since he has appeared at your Tuesday evening meetings. I shall introduce him to one or two friends." Faint staining, but still in very..... More
London: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. Frontispiece in color, profusely illustrated in b/w and some color, 231pp. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. (top corner of front cover bumped, top spine end slightly bumped on d.w.) London: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, (1973). A very good(+) copy. From the Great Lives series edited by Elizabeth Longford. More
An Introduction to the Study of Paleoanthropology. 201pp. Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago UP, (1964). Near fine. More
New York: Norton, 1988. Illustrated in color and in black and white. xviii, 508 pages. Large 8vo, tan cloth with gold spine lettering, d.w. New York: Norton, (1988). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. A volumes of The Commonwealth Fund Book Program under the editorship of Lewis Thomas, M.D. More
New York: Harper, 1966. Illustrated sparingly in black and white. 222 pages. Small 8vo, salmon cloth, d.w. (price-clipped, slightly edgeworn). New York: Harper & Row, (1966). First U.S. edition. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Profusely illustrated by Stephen Rogers Peck. 305pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Crowell, (1964). Near fine. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. 381 pages. 8vo, blue cloth; worn at head, tattered d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. Very good(-) in poor d.w. More
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
New York: 1953. 427pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York, (1953). Very good -- spine faded and torn at head. More
London: British Museum, 1972. 1 plate. Pp. 205-219 Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series. Vol. 4 No.3. Tall slim 8vo, original printed wrappers. London: British Museum, 1972. More
Buffalo: Prometheus, 1990. 342 pages. 8vo, dark navy leatherette with gold spine lettering, d.w. (spine sunned). Buffalo: Prometheus, (1990). Internally clean and tight, upper text block edge spotted. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982. 238pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper: d.w. torn & edge-worn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1982). Very good with a good d.w. More
Illustrated with photographs & drawings by John W. Wood. Short 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. N.Y.: David McKay, [1957]. Very good. More
Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 1972. 505pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (d.w. covers dust-rubbed and worn at top edge, bottom edge of back cover chipped, spine ends bumped on cloth). A very good(+) copy. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Translated by Caroline Mustill. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 284 pages. 8vo, grey cloth, d.w. (stained, worn at tail, wrinkled at rear). New Haven: Yale University Press, (2005). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Norton, 1982. Illustrated in black and white. 544, 61 pages. Wide 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering. New York: Norton, (1982). A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: Norton, 1980. 343 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. (stained, edgeworn). New York: Norton, (1980). First Edition. Outer page edges heavily spotted, internally clean and tight. Good in a good dust wrapper. With the Erratum slip. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. xxiii, 327pp. 8vo, green cloth (corners slightly bumped; minor edgewear on wrapper; pages evenly toned). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. First edition. A very good(+) copy. More
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