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DARWIN; Discovering the Tree of Life
by Eldredge, Niles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393059669
- ISBN 13
- 9780393059663
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Period images, tables, charts. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 7 1/4", gray quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards, profusely illustrated with B&W period images and color, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of white-bearded Darwin, Bibliography, Index, xiv, [xv-xvi] + 288 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 12 oz. Niles Eldredge is a prominent American biologist and paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean. Beautiful illustrations. No previous owner or remainder marks. Apart from a few traces of rubbing, virtually As New.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8340
- Title
- DARWIN; Discovering the Tree of Life
- Author
- Eldredge, Niles
- Illustrator
- Period images, tables, charts
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393059669
- ISBN 13
- 9780393059663
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- evolution, illustrated, natural selection, biography,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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