Publicado por Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, MA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631165177 ISBN 13: 9780631165170
Librería: Books on the Square, Virden, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1990. Very Good hardback book. Very Good dust jacket. A square, tight and clean copy in a lightly rubbed jacket. 547pp. Sm 4to. (BB).
Publicado por Oxford UK & Cambridge MA. 1990. Basil Blackwell, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631168184 ISBN 13: 9780631168188
Librería: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. pencil underlined copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. approximately 39 pages with light pencil underlining which ends at page 52, rest of text is clean. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). reading copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, no remainder markings. first edition. first printing (FPu1990 & nap). b&w photo illustrated title pg. endpaper maps. xii+250p. b&w photos, maps & illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. biography. biology. history of science. exploration. natural science. botany. zoology. theory of evolution. ~No one doubts the major role Darwin played in the development of modern science and thought. Darwin has become an almost mythological figure in the emergence of modern culture; yet he was by no means the first person to publish evolutionary ideas and his theory of natural selection was not generally accepted by his contemporaries. The publication of the Origin of Species excited much debate and controversy, at once challenging the very foundations of Christian belief, and yet appearing to underpin the Victorian concept of progress and the ability of science to explore areas of knowledge hitherto obscured by religious dogma. Today Darwin's achievements still evoke powerful and contradictory responses. Peter Bowler's study of Darwin's life and influence combines biography and cultural history. He sets out to disentangle the complex motivations that have led people to their various evaluations of Darwin the scientist and Darwinian theory. He shows how Darwin's contemporaries were unable to appreciate precisely those aspects of his thinking we consider of importance today. Darwin was a product of his time, but he also transcended it, by creating an idea capable of being exploited by twentieth~century scientists and intellectuals who had very different values from his own.
Publicado por Basil Blackwell Ltd., Oxford, England, UK & Cambridge, MA, 1985
ISBN 10: 0631140832 ISBN 13: 9780631140832
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Richard Boxall (Cover Design) Ilustrador. 181 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Light foxing on page edges.
Publicado por Basil Blackwell Ltd./ Basil Blackwell, Inc., Oxford, England, UK and Cambridge, MA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631169911 ISBN 13: 9780631169918
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Published 1990. 486 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Occassional highlighter markings on text/ marginalia.
Publicado por Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK/ Cambridge MA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631158332 ISBN 13: 9780631158332
Librería: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Martin Miller dj Ilustrador. Reprint. Bright gold-stamped red bds. Inked name FEP, highlights in chapter 1 only. Unblemished dust jacket features Georges de la Tour artwork. Index. Solid. 34,000 PB shelf 204 p. Book.
Publicado por Basil Blackwell [1989], [Oxford, UK / Cambridge, MA], 1989
ISBN 10: 0631173218 ISBN 13: 9780631173212
Librería: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. [Oxford, UK / Cambridge, MA]: Basil Blackwell [1989]. Very Good. 1989. First Thus. Trade Paperback. 0631173218 . First paperback printing [after several hardcover printings]. Pictorial wrappers, 270 pages, illustrated, acknowlegements, sources and abbreviations, epigraph sources, bibliography, subject index, word index. VG copy [spine creased and slightly cocked]. .
Publicado por Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK & Cambridge, MA, 1995
ISBN 10: 0631196943 ISBN 13: 9780631196945
Librería: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 6" x 9", xii + 283pp. Glued signatures in laminated printed card stock cover. Moderate shelf wear to cover, and the lower fore corner on the back cover is bumped / creased, with minor damage to the edges of the last dozen sheets in the book (affecting the notes & index). Binding is square and tight, page are clean and bright and unmarked.
Publicado por Basil Blackwell Ltd., Oxford, England, UK & Cambridge, MA, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631163026 ISBN 13: 9780631163022
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 426 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper articles included from previous owner.