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Het Yellowstone-Park. Experimenteele evolutie.

Vries, Hugo de. · 1904

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

A'dam: Mij. voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur (Wereldbibliotheek), z.j. (7e-8e duizental); 293pp., 4 foto's, klein 8vo, half linnen gebonden m. letteropdruk op voorplat. Goed ex. m. enkele niet-storende onderstrepingen in potlood. ¶ l auteur, befaamd botanicus en grote stimulato...

De afstamming van den mensch, naar voordrachten in populair-wetenschappelijken vorm bewerkt.

Boeke, J. · 1913

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

[A'dam:] Wereldbibliotheek, (1913, 1e dr.); (ii+)147(+7)pp., register, 27 tekstfiguren, klein 8vo, half linnen gebonden m. letteropdruk op voorplat. Uitstekend ex. ¶ l \"... hoe weinig men er eigenlijk aan positieve feiten over weet, en welke beschouwingen zich aan die weinige...

Climbing mount improbable.

Dawkins, Richard. · 1996

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

New York/London: W.W. Norton, 1996 (1st American ed.); xii+340pp., index, bibliography, bl-wh drawings (by Lalla Ward), photographs, half cloth w. dust jacket. As new. ¶ l first American edition of one of Dawkins arguments against any form of 'design' in nature or evolution: \...

The story of mankind.

Loon, Hendrik van. · 1922

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,463)

London: George G. Harrap, 1922 (1st ed.); xxviii+492pp., index, numerous bl-wh and some coloured drawings, large 8vo, dark blue cloth w. gilt lettering and drawing pasted down on front cover. Near fine copy w. bookplate. ¶ l Van Loon's classic cultural history of mankind, stil...

The Science Time book of fossils and evolution.

Wade, Nicholas (ed.). · 1998

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,199)

New York: The Lyons Press, 1998 (1st ed.); viii+238pp., bl-wh drawings, large 8vo, half cloth w. dustwrapper. As new. ¶ l lucidly written short articles (from the Science Times section of The New York Times) organised in the following sections: 1. How life began; 2. From dinos...

Understanding human evolution.

Poirier, Frank E., and Jeffrey K. McKee. · 1999

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,167)

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999 (4th ed.); xiii+386pp., index, bibliography, glossary, tables, illustrated in bl-wh, large 8vo, paper. As new. ¶ l academic introduction to all aspects leading to human evolution, from fossils and reconstructing ancient human behavio...

The human species. An introduction to biological anthropology.

Relethford, John H. · 1997

€19.50 ($21.49 | £16.27 | ¥3,431)

Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Cy, 1997 (3rd ed.); xvii+542pp., index, bibliography, glossary, 4 appendices, richly illustrated, small 4to, paper. As new. ¶ l academic textbook to human evolution questions such as: What makes us human? How do we differ from other anima...

Evolutie. Een poging tot sysnthese in algemeen begrijpelijke vorm.

Lam, H.J. · 1946

€9.00 ($9.92 | £7.51 | ¥1,584)

Leiden: Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1946; 92pp., literatuur, vocabularium, 10 zw-w figuren, groot 8vo, half linnen gebonden. Goed ex. ¶ l auteur is hoogleraar plantkunde RU Leiden die in dit boek een aantal voordrachten gehouden in het kader van het Studium Generale, bijeen bra...

The voyage of the Beagle. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle around the world, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, RN.

Darwin, Charles. · 1997

€9.50 ($10.47 | £7.93 | ¥1,672)

Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1997; xv+480pp., some bl-wh illustrations, footnotes, 8vo, paperback. Near fine. ¶ l with an introductio by David Amigoni, this is the text of the 2nd edition (1845), published under the title of the second part, but better known under...

The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Vol. I-XI (1821-1863).

Darwin, Charles. [Frederick Burkhardt et al., eds.] · 1985

€800.00 ($881.76 | £667.42 | ¥140,761)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985-1999 (all 1st ed.); all vols. 600-1038pp., frontispiece portrait/illustration, index, biographical register, bibliography, endnotes, notes per letter, bl-wh illustrations, 8vo, uniform dark-green cloth w. gilt spine title, dustwrappe...

Kommunikation in Affengesellschaften und deren Bedeutung für die Verständigungsweisen des Menschen.*

Ploog, D. · 1972

€2.30 ($2.54 | £1.92 | ¥405)

reprint chapter 3 of 'Biologische Anthropologie, zweiter Teil' (Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Vogler, eds.), Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1972, pp.98-178. 20 ills., sm.8vo, paper, few remarks. ¶ l in fact a small booklet.

Die Entstehung der Arten durch natürliche Zuchtwahl oder die Erhaltung der begünstigten Rassen im Kampfe ums Dasein.

Darwin, Charles. · 1915

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

Leipzig: Alfred Kröner, n.d. [26.-30. Tausend, ca. 1915]; iv+297(+3)pp., advertisements, large 8vo, embossed paper. Some wear and small dammage to paper cover, but a good copy as well. ¶ l this edition NOT in Freeman! Published in the series Kröners Volksausgabe, and translati...

Abstracts. First Congress of European Anthropologists.*

1977

€2.30 ($2.54 | £1.92 | ¥405)

Zagreb, Yugoslavia: 1977; 68pp., 8vo, paper. ¶ l congress Sept. 1-3, 1977; some annotations.

Het Olympisch Stadion.

Tummers, Tijs, en Bart Sorgdrager. · 2000

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,519)

A'dam: Bas Lubberhuizen, 2000 (1e dr.); 144pp., rijk geïllustreerd m. zw-w en kleurenfoto's, register, oblong gebrocheerd. Uitstekend ex. ¶ l monument in boekvorm voor het ernstig bedreigde monument van architect Jan Wils en de redding daarvan dankzij een kleine groep realisti...

Jaarverslag van Amsterdam 1940.

[Amsterdam, Gemeente.] · 1941

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

A'dam: Stadsdrukkerij, 1941-42 (2 delen); (4+)182, (4+)117pp., tabellen, geen illustraties, 4to, gebrocheerd. Deel 1 los in papieren band, verder goede set. ¶ l Dit verslag over het eerste oorlogsjaar toont zakelijk dat het tijdperk-De Vlugt is beëindigd (benoeming E.J. Voûte ...

Not from the apes. A history of Man's origins and evolution.*

Kurtén, Björn. · 1972

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York: Pantheon Books, 1972; viii+183pp., glossary, 8vo, cloth, wrappers. Remarks and name JW on half-title, remarks in text. ¶ l knipsel m. bespreking (D. Hillenius) van Nedse vert. en losse aantek. JW. No creationism.

Jaarboekje van de makelaarsvereeniging te Amsterdam anno 1931[-1978].

1931

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,184)

Zonder plaats, zonder uitgever/drukker, jrg. 1931-1978; per jaargang ca. 100-210pp., klein 8vo, roodbruin (half)linnen gebonden (m.i.v. 1964 geplastificeerd) m. vergulde belettering op voorplat. Alle delen in zeer goede staat. Niet te koop per losse jaargang, alleen als serie....

A middle-English dictionary.

Stratmann, Francus Henry. · 1974

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,038)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974 (reprint); xxiii+708pp., large 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettered spine, dustwrapper. V. good copy. ¶ l containing words used by English writers from the 12th to the 15th century. New edition re-arranged, revised, and enlarged by Henry Brad...

The illustrated Gaelic-English dictionary.

Dwelly, Edward. · 1971

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,918)

Glasgow: Gairm Publications, 1971 (7th ed.); xiv+1034pp., 675 iilustrations, red cloth w. gilt lettered spine, dustwrapper. DW somewhat worn and small tears, otherwise v. good copy. ¶ l the title continues: Containing every Gaelic word and meaning given in all previously publi...

The student's dictionary of Anglo-Saxon.

Sweet, Henry. · 1953

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,167)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953 (repr.); xvi+217pp., 8vo, red cloth w. gilt lettering on spine. Used but still very good copy. ¶ l unchanged reprint of the 1st ed. of 1896, with a preface.