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1 Clark, Constance Areson GOD -- OR GORILLA Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age
Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2008 0801888255 / 9780801888250 First Edition Hardcover NF/NF 
Light rubbing, scuffing and edgewear to mylar protected dust jacket. Trace soil to text edges. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. ; Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context; 8vo; 294 pages 
Price: 12.50 USD
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2 Darwin, Charles THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
New York D. Appleton and Company 1877 First American Edition Hardcover G/NONE 
Rust cloth-covered boards, gilt title to spine. Light fraying and chipping to cloth at spine ends, corners just worn to boards at tips, light insect damage to page edges, scattered light foxing to edges and inside (heaviest to first/last few pages), light sunning to spine, mild rubbing/soiling to exterior, small area of damage along upper fore-edge of four leaves (result of a minor binder's flaw), previous owner name to ffe, few hinges lightly cracking however binding remains strong.; Errata slip tipped in at front.; Charts; Small 8vo; 482 + ads pages 
Price: 95.00 USD
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3 Graham, Joseph J. and Clifford C. Church CAMPANIAN FORAMINIFERA FROM THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CAMPUS CALIFORNIA
Stanford, Calfiornia Stanford University Publications, School of Earth Sciences 1963 First Edition Hardcover VG/NONE 
Rubbing, scuffing, and edgewear to maroon cloth-covered book with gilt lettering. Faint overall tanning and some soiling to interior text due to age. Tiny dog ear creases to the foot of ~ first 7pages. 8 pages of plates in rear, light edgewear. ; Geological Sciences, Volume 8, Number 1; drawings; 8vo; 108 pages 
Price: 75.00 USD
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4 Morgan, T. H., A. H. Sturtevant, H. J. Muller and C. B. Bridges MECHANISM OF MENDELIAN HEREDITY
New York Henry Holt and Company 1915 First Edition Hardcover G/NONE 
262 pp. including appendices, extensive bibliography, and index. Date on title page. Unfortunately an ex-university library copy and rebound in reinforced green buckram. There are small perforated library stamps to a few pages, including title page. A pocket has been removed from rear pastedown and remnants of check-out slip to rear free endpaper. Library bookplate to front pastedown with "Withdrawn" stamp. Three pages, each with a few words underlined in ink. Pages 2-3 have some minor ink stains to the lower, outside edge margins. Label removed from lower spine cloth.; A scarce work on the science of genetics. Morgan won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1933 for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity. Morgan's student, Alfred Sturtevant, developed the first genetic map in 1913. Muller, another student of Morgan, won a 1946 Nobel Prize for the study of the hereditary effect of x-rays on genes.; 8vo 
Price: 160.00 USD
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5 Morris, G. J. and A. Clarke (editors) EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES
Academic Press 1981 0125076509 / 9780125076500 First Edition Hardcover VG/NONE 
Glossy blue boards. Sun-fading to spine, light wear to spine ends and corners, few spots of foxing to page edges. ; Based on a meeting "Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Membranes" held 25 September 1980 at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. ; 8vo; 432 pages 
Price: 100.00 USD
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6 Napier, John; Tuttle, Russell H. HANDS
Princeton, N. J. Princeton University Press 1993 0691025479 / 9780691025476 1st Softcover Edition; First Printing Softcover VG/NONE 
Revised. Rubbing, scuffing, and edgewear to glossy wraps. Previous price sticker affixed to foot of back panel. Light soiling to text edges. Dog ear creases to head of fore edge of last few pages and back panel. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. ; Princeton Science Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages 
Price: 9.00 USD
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7 Newby, William Wallace The Embryology of the Echiuroid Worm, Urechis caupo,
The American Philosophical Society 1940 First Edition Hardcover VG/NONE Signed by Author
Red cloth. Uneven fading to the front, fading also to the spine. Gilt on the spine is somewhat rubbed, worn. 3/8" dark mark on the lower spine. Former owner name to the top, front free endpaper. There is some darkening to the endpapers. Very tight copy with light wear otherwise. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. ; Signed by Author 
Price: 100.00 USD
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8 Short, R. V. & E. Balaban THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEXES
Cambridge University Press 1997 0521448786 / 9780521448789 Softcover VG/NONE 
Glossy pictorial wraps with mild edgewear and scuffing. Mild bumps to ends of spine. Binding tight, spine uncreased, text clean. Trace soil to text block.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages 
Price: 15.00 USD
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