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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex [Two Volumes]
de Darwin, Charles, M.A., F.R.S., Etc.
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- Third Edition
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- 1874
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Chico, California, USA
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EUR 420.39
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. One of Darwin's most important works, including the first reference to "evolution." First published in America in 1871; these are Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copies of the Third American Edition from three years later. Bound in the original redish-orange cloth with ruling and decorations in black on the front covers; titling… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals. With Photographing and Other Illustrations
de Darwin, Charles
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- First American Edition.
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- 1873
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. It is impossible to overstate Darwin's importance to our scientific thought. His groundbreaking study of emotion and facial expression serves as the basis for current research into ethology. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Redish-brown cloth binding with rules and decorations in black on the front cover; titling… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 420.39
Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe, Accompanied with Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables
de Malte-Brun, M. [Conrad]
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Later Printing
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- 1827
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Chico, California, USA
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Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1827. Conrad Malte-Brun (1775-1826) was a Danish geographer who had been exiled to France in violation of a censorship law. He is credited with coining the designation of "Oceania." Here is an early American printing, perhaps three years after the First Edition. This is Volume II only, which contains Sections {called "Books"] 38-66, including the six regarding… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "Evolution of Sound" and "Evolution Evolved," with A Review of the Six Great Modern Scientists, Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, Haeckel, Helmholtz, and Mayer
de Hall, A. Wilford
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1880
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EUR 42.04
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New York: Hall and Company, 1880. [Alexander] Wilford Hall (1819-1902) was a Christian Evangelist and critic of the Theory of Evolution. He was quite successful, publishing almost twenty books; he is also known for some medical quackery. First published in 1877; this is a Very Good copy of the "Revised Edition" from three years later. The Thirty-Ninth Thousand. Brown decorative… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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An History of the Earth and Animated Nature [Volume II only]
de Goldsmith, Oliver
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- Usado - Very Good (Minus)
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- Later Printing
- Published
- 1782
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Chico, California, USA
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EUR 116.78
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Dublin: James Williams, 1782. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of Volume II only of Goldsmith's multi-volume scientific treatise. Full leather binding; edges ruled in gilt; red and black title blocks on the spine, also ruled in gilt. Clean text; 399 pages; illustrated. Pages toned but very clear and unfoxed. Goldsmith's wonderful writing can still be enjoyed as it… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Popular California Flora, or, Manuale of Botany for Beginners. Containing Descriptions of Flowering Plants Growing in Central California, and Westward to the Ocean, with Introductory Lessons
de Rattan, Volney
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- Edición
- Second Edition
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- 1880
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Chico, California, USA
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EUR 32.70
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San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1880. Here is a cute, and informative, treatise intended as a course-book for secondary schools. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the Second Edition, "Revised and Enlarged" (First Edition Thus). Orange cloth binding, ruled and titled in black. Clean text; xviii, 138 pages; index, glossary, addenda. Many black-and-white illustrations.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Five Disertations on Fever
de Fordyce, George, M.D. F.R.S.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1815
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- Paperback
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EUR 467.10
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Boston: Bradford & Read, 1815. Scottish neuroscientist George Fordyce (1736-1802) did work on phantom sensation in amputated limbs. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was friends with Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson.This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition (stated on Title Page). A rare book; all copies held institutionally are electronic or a later midcentury… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 467.10
The Transmission of Life. Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the Masculine Function
de Naphys, George H., A.M., M.D.
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- Later Printing
- Published
- 1889
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Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1889. Dr. Napheys (1842-1876) marketed his book on male sexuality to the Protestant Christian community, where it was immensely popular. He was an early Eugenicist, which he combined with "...sociology, animal breeding, Christian faith, and good old 'common sense.'" This is a Very Good (plus) copy of a Later Printing of a "New Edition." Brown decorative… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Vegetable World: Being A History of Plants, with Their Structure and Peculier Properties. Adapted from the Work of Louis Figuier. With a Glossary of Botanical Terms
de Figuier, Louis
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- First Thus
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- 1880
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London, Petter, Galpin & Co.: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1880. Louis Figuier (1819-1894) abandoned research to write popular science books such as this, an interesting book, and uncommon. There is no publication date; Quercus assumes it to be circa 1880. Brown decorative cloth binding; stamped and filled in black on the front cover; black and gilt on the spine.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. By the Late Rev. Gilbert White. A New Edition, with Notes, By Several Eminent Naturalists. With an Enlargement of The Naturalists' Calendar
de White, Gilbert
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- Usado - Good
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- First Thus
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- 1832
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Chico, California, USA
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EUR 93.42
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London: A. Donaldson, 1832. White's great natural history is still in print. Here is an early 19th-century edition in a full-leather binding. Smooth calf with gilt ruling on the front and rear covers; five raised bands on the spine, highlighted in gilt and with a red and gilt label. Clean text; 562 pages, with Index and Index to the Antiquities;… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 93.42
Our Reptiles and Batrachians. A Plain and Easy Account of the Lizards, Snakes, Newts, Toads, Frogs and Tortoises Indigenous to Great Britain
de Cooke, M.C.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First Thus
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- 1893
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London: W.H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1893. The famous botanist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-1914) first published this study in 1865; this is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus (a "New and Revised Edition"), illustrated with many coloured lithographs and black-and-white drawings throughout. Dark green cloth binding, ruled on the covers, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 93.42
The Ascent of Mind. Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Science
de Calvin, William H.
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- Usado - Fine
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- Very Good Plus
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780553070842
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- 1
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New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1991. Calvin explores how drastic and frequent climate changes influenced the developing human mind. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Green paper-covered boards; black cloth spine with silver lettering. Clean text; 302 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is Very Good (plus); it has some tiny spots of rubbing at the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Excursions of an Evolutionist
de Fiske, John
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1902
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Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. John Fiske (1842-1901), an American historian and philosopher, popularized Darwin. He saw no conflict between evolution and religion, but in another area he was inconsistent. Although a fervent Abolutionist, he also harbored racist theories that would find fruition in eugenics theory. Originally published in 1883, this is a reprint issued… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
de Kinsey, Alfred C. (and Others)
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- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
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- Later Printing
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia & London: W.B. Saunders Company, 1948. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of Kinsey's first study of human sexuality, the Fifth Printing of the First Edition, from February, 1948 (originally published one month earlier, it immediately went into multiple printings). Kinsey's other authors (listed on TP) were Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin. A large, heavy… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
de Kinsey, Alfred C. (and Others)
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- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
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- First Edition.
- Published
- 1953
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EUR 140.13
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Philadelphia & London: W.B. Saunders Company, 1953. Kinsey's second controversial study of human sexuality; his co-contributors ("the Staff of the Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University") are also listed on the Title Page: Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin, and Paul H. Gebhard; along with other Assistants. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, idustjacket, which is… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 140.13
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Science and Christian Tradition. Essays
de Huxley, Thomas H.
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- Later Printing.
- Published
- 1897
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EUR 60.72
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the "Authorized Edition" of some of Huxley's essays on the collision of science and religion. Originally published in 1896; this is a Later Printing, from one year later. Marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine and tips; gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 419… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton. By the Rev. Gilbert White, M.A.
de White, Gilbert
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First Thus.
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- 1875
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London: Bickers and Son, 1875. From its first publication in 1789 to the dawn of the 20th Century, White's "Natural History" went through at least 90 editions in the British Isles alone, and it continues to delight. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, presented in an attractive fine binding. Marbled paper-covered boards and endpapers with… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Man and Woman: A Study of Secondary Sexual Characters
de Ellis, Havelock
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- Second Edition.
- Published
- 1897
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London & New York: Walter Scott & Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. This is the fourth book by Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), who would next write (with John Addington Symonds) the first objective medical work on homosexuality. An uncommon to scarce title, except in reprint or subsequent revisions. Originally published in 1894; this is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought
de Le Conte, Joseph
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- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
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- First Edition.
- Published
- 1888
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. Le Conte (1823-1901) was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War. His unhappiness with Reconstruction drove him to California, where he became a famed professor of geology and natural history, as well as a co-founder of the Sierra Club. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Brown pebbled cloth binding;… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive; Being a Connected View of The Principles of Eviodence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation
de Mill, John Stuart
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- Usado - Very Good Plus
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- Later Printing.
- Published
- 1869
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New York: Harper & Bros, 1869. Philosopher, political economist, the most interesting intellect of the 19th Century, Mill was also an important figure in the history of science and the development of what we call today its methodology. Originally published in 1843, this is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy of a Later American Printing. Large, sturdy octavo… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 140.13