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Darwinismus und Lamarckismus. Entwurf einer psychophysischen Teleologie.

Pauly, August. · 1905

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

München: Ernst Reinhardt, 1905; (ii+)335(+3)pp., footnotes, 13 drawings, 8vo, green cloth w. embossed lettering. V. good copy. In Gothic script. ¶ l author is professor of applied zoology in the University of Munich and addresses the problems of teleology and vitalism.

Der Darwinismus und die Probleme des Lebens. Zugleich eine Einführung in das einheimische Tierleben.

Guenther, Konrad. · 1904

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Freiburg i. Br.: Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld, 1904 (2. Aufl.); xv+460pp., index, endnotes, 8vo, green cloth. V. good copy. ¶ l after 9 chapters with description of many species, three chapters on selection theory, mechanical philosophy and natural cum moral philosophy follow. H...

Die Lebenswunder. Gemeinverständliche Studien über biologische Philosophie.

Haeckel, Ernst. · 1923

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Leipzig: Alfred Kröner, 1923 (70.-89. Tausend); viii+375(+1)pp., small 8vo, half cloth. Good copy w. some foxing on covers. Preface by author and Heinrich Schmidt (Ernst-Haeckel-Archive, Jena). In Gothic script. ¶ l Heinrich Schmidt on Haeckel's goals: \"das philosophische Ver...

Der Neo-Darwinismus metaphysisch begründet durch das allgemeine Zweckmässigkeitsgesetz.

Schiffner, Victor. · 1926

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1926; 50pp., footnotes, 8vo, paper. V. good copy. ¶ l the 'neo' prefix refers to the metaphysical interpretation of Darwinism, not to the lateron developed synthetic evolutionary theory.

On evolution. The development of the theory of natural selection.

[Darwin] Glick, Thomas F., and David Kohn, eds. · 1996

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett, 1996 (1st ed.); xvii+356pp., 2 indexes, bibliography, bl-wh illustrations, 2 diagrams, 8vo, paper. As new, w. spine slightly paled. ¶ l the editors, historians of science, have made a broad selection from Darwin's most important and relevant wo...

History of biology: an introduction.

Bodenheimer, F.S. · 1958

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

London: William Dawson & Sons, 1958 (1st ed.); 465pp., frontispiece, index, 19 plates, 38 bl-wh in-text illustrations, 8vo, green cloth w. gilt title on spine, original dustwrapper. Dw. has a few (repaired) tears, otherwise a very good copy. ¶ l this is an unconventional intro...

The young Darwin and his cultural circle. A study of influences which helped shape the language and logic of the first drafts of the theory of natural selection.

Manier, Edward. · 1978

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Dordrecht/Boston: D. Reidel, 1978; xii+242pp., index, bibliography, endnotes, bl-wh illustrations, 8vo, paper. Good copy. ¶ l \"Based on notebooks, manuscripts and marginalia dating from 1837-44, this book probes the significance of a set of influences overlooked until now: th...

A new theory of human evolution.

Keith, Arthur. · 1950

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London: Watts & Co., 1950 (3rd impr.); x+451pp., index, references at end of each chapter, 1 scheme, 8vo, black cloth w. gilt title on spine. V. good copy. ¶ l although, according to the author himself, this theory of human evolution is strictly Darwinian, it is new in the way...

Vijf en twintig jaren mutatietheorie met uitgebreide literatuurlijst.

Stomps, Theo J. · 1930

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Den Haag: W.P. van Stockum, 1930 (1e dr.); 166pp., 16 zw-w afbeeldingen, bibliografie, 8vo, gebrocheerd. Goed ex. met op voorplat en voorin binnenin wat roestvlekjes; blindstempeltje naam op voorplat. ¶ l auteur is hoogleraar plantkunde UvA, dus opvolger van Hugo de Vries wien...

De Amsterdamse haven door de eeuwen heen.

Lutke Meijer, G. · 1990

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

A'dam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1990; 112pp., talrijke zw-w foto's, 4to, gebonden m. stofomslag. Z. goed ex. ¶ l vanaf de vroegste tijd t/m Sail en de Werdegang daar tussenin. Vrij uitvoerige en informatieve tekst.

God, the devil and Darwin. A critique of Intelligent Design theory.

Shanks, Niall. · 2004

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004; xvi+273pp., index, biobliography, glossary, 8vo, boards w. dust jacket. As new. Foreword by Richard Dawkins. ¶ l ID theory is the follow-up of creation 'science' and it tries to claim scientific status. ID theorists \"reject many of the s...

Darwin, 'Descent' and disease. An essay on the centenary of the publication of The Descent of Man (1871).

Tobias, Phillip V. · 1972

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reprint from Trans. roy. Soc. S. Afr., vol. 40 [1972], part 4, pp. 239-260; portrait, references, large 8vo, stapled in paper cover. ¶ l Fourth A.J. Orenstein Lecture under the auspices of the Museum of the History of Medicine and the Royal Society of South Africa. On Darwin's...

Mystery of mysteries. Is evolution a social construction?

Ruse, Michael. · 1999

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999 (1st ed.); xii+296pp., index, glossary, bibliography, bl-wh figures, portrait photographs, half cloth w. gilt lettering, dustwrapper. As new. ¶ l on the basis of the Popper/Kuhn juxtaposition, evolutionary theory ranging from gr...

Life, an unauthorised biography. A natural history if the first four thousand million years of life on earth.

Fortey, Richard. · 1997

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

London: Harper Collins, 1997 (1st ed.); xiv+399pp., index, bibliography, glossary, 88 bl-wh photographs, boards w. dustwrappers. As new. ¶ l author is a senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. The book \"guides us from the barren globe spinning through s...

Floriade.

Zande, Hein van der, red. · 1982

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Helmond/Antwerpen: Uitgeverij Helmond/Standaard Uitgeverij, 1982; 208pp., begrippenlijst, adreslijst, veel zw-w en kleurenillustraties, breed 4to, gebonden m. stofomslag. Voorwoord Drs J. de Koning, minister van Landbouw en Visserij. Z. goed ex. ¶ l ondertitel: ''een boek over...

The Striding Dales.

Sutcliffe, Halliwell. · 1939

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d.(1939) reprint; xiv+237 pp., front. in colour, seventy-four line illustr. by Reginald Smith, index, list of illustr., 8vo, hardcover, dustwrapper, VG/G+. ¶ l In the (then) remote Striding Dales of Yorkshire `legend and history mingle with t...

The royal physician's visit.

Enquist, Per Olov. · 1760

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Woodstock: the Overlook Press, n.d., 3rd ed.; 312 pp., 8vo, hardcover, dustwrapper. VG/VG ¶ l The tragic story of a briljant man, Johann Friedrich Struensee, who in the 1760 at the Danish court made the wrong choice, and paid for it with his life.

The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution.

Jones, Steve, Robert Martin and David Pilbeam, eds. · 1992

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992 (1st ed.); xiii+506pp., index, bibliography, 4 appendices, glossary, biographical sketches, richly illustrated w. bl-wh drawings, photo's, maps, tables, 4to, boards w. dust wrapper. V. good copy. Foreword by Richard Dawkins. ¶ l this...

Evolutietheorie.

Hoekstra, W.P.M., en W.M. Beer, red. · 1997

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Amsterdam: Kon. Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen/Nederlands Instituut voor Biologie, 1997; 59pp., begrippenlijst, literatuurlijst per hoofdstuk, zw-w illustraties, schema's, 4to, geniet in papieren omslag. Goed ex. ¶ l verslag van een symposium op 14 november 1996 in het...

De complete pastakeuken.

Vassalo, Jody & Kerry Ray (red.). · 1998

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Keulen: Könemann,1998, 2e druk; 304 blz., register, vele kleurenfoto's, 4to, gebonden, dubbelgev. stofomslag. Zr goed, zr. goed. Rug stofomsl. iets verbleekt. ¶ l Weer zo'n aantrekkelijke uitgave volgens de bekende Könemann formule: aantrekkelijke recepten en verleidelijke fot...