The Roots of Mankind : The Story of Man and His Ancestors by John Napier - 1971

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. 240 pages. Spine ends are slightly creased. Otherwise volume remains find. Dust jacket shows rubbing and a little wear over spine ends and corners. Jacket remains clean and is now in a clear protective sleeve.

London, UK: George Allen & Unwinn, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 240pp. Green cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Top text block edge sprayed green. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 1cm closed tear at top (light delamination around tear), light shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Dr. Napier pieces together crucial evidence as to the way man has evolved by comparing the structure of the human body with that of fossils and of living apes, monkeys and lemurs.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little wear to top edge. 240 pages. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. The author, a leading authority on primates and their functional behaviour, was a pioneer in the teaching of primate biology, and in this book he approaches evolution from a functional point of view. **** NOT EX LIB *** A1C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.