Annees d'Aventures de Capus, Alfred; Illustrations By Hermann-Paul - 1903

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Signed on the title page by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in a dust jacket with a closed 1/8" tear on the back panel, else fine. Gunter Grass was the 1999 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

NY & Rochester, NY: Random House & Eastman House. Folio. 212pp., 600+ illus. Pictorial Boards, d.j. Signed. A VF copy in VF d.j.Please Note: Due to the size, weight, and cost of this book, extra shipping & insurance is required. NY residents must pay NY sales tax. Thank you.

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911. Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. 4 plates of which 1 is folding and the others are double-page. Ownership signature "Ric" and short note on the upper wrapper. Wrappers a little toned at the extremities, lightly rubbed, lower corner bumped, contents faintly toned. A very good copy. Offprint, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper, "Schrader, with kind regards of the author". Cell biologist Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1949) was Norway's first female professor and the first woman member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. She studied with chromosome researcher Theodor Boveri in Germany, and was awarded a PhD in 1906 for her study of sex cells. "The problem of chromosome halving in the sex cells was not well understood at the time, and her work challenged the classic work of the Norwegian cytologists Alette and Kristian Emil Schreiner. In response to criticism by the Schreiners about her chromosomal work, Bonnevie went to Columbia… Leer más

SIGNED IN PERSON BY RICHARD DAWKINS and includes 2 photos from the event! A nice-looking likely 5th printing (hard to tell) in VG condition: clean bright text, looks and feels unread; mild blemishes on boards and along the edges of the DJ. Looks very appealing in new mylar. Expedited shipping is welcome; overseas will incur an additional charge over the initial shipping quote. Signed by author.

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Signed on the title page by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in a dust jacket with a closed 1/8" tear on the back panel, else fine. Gunter Grass was the 1999 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

NY & Rochester, NY: Random House & Eastman House. Folio. 212pp., 600+ illus. Pictorial Boards, d.j. Signed. A VF copy in VF d.j.Please Note: Due to the size, weight, and cost of this book, extra shipping & insurance is required. NY residents must pay NY sales tax. Thank you.

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911. Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. 4 plates of which 1 is folding and the others are double-page. Ownership signature "Ric" and short note on the upper wrapper. Wrappers a little toned at the extremities, lightly rubbed, lower corner bumped, contents faintly toned. A very good copy. Offprint, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper, "Schrader, with kind regards of the author". Cell biologist Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1949) was Norway's first female professor and the first woman member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. She studied with chromosome researcher Theodor Boveri in Germany, and was awarded a PhD in 1906 for her study of sex cells. "The problem of chromosome halving in the sex cells was not well understood at the time, and her work challenged the classic work of the Norwegian cytologists Alette and Kristian Emil Schreiner. In response to criticism by the Schreiners about her chromosomal work, Bonnevie went to Columbia… Leer más

SIGNED IN PERSON BY RICHARD DAWKINS and includes 2 photos from the event! A nice-looking likely 5th printing (hard to tell) in VG condition: clean bright text, looks and feels unread; mild blemishes on boards and along the edges of the DJ. Looks very appealing in new mylar. Expedited shipping is welcome; overseas will incur an additional charge over the initial shipping quote. Signed by author.

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.