The Chances Of Death, and Other Studies In Evolution

London: Edsward Arnold, 1897 First edition. Publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt spine. . Two volumes, octavo. . Photogravure frontispiece in each volume, plates, text illustrations. Spine ends lightly chipped, spines faded. Bookplates of American zoologist Charles Atwood Kofold (1865-1947) and of another owner from the 1950s in each volume. A good, tight copy. Karl Pearson (1857-1936), who founded the… Read more about this item

London & New York: Edward Arnold,, 1897. First edition of this collection of essays by the statistician and eugenicist Karl Pearson (1857-1936). "Several of Pearson's essays dating from the 1880s and 1890s, published in his Chances of Death... show that he had already begun to explore scientific ideas that would become central components of his eugenic creed, such as… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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