The Descent Of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
by Darwin, Charles
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- Condition
- Half morocco and wood veneer sides. Fine in tattered glassine overwrapper in very good, lightly soiled slipcase
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About This Item
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. leather_bound. Half morocco and wood veneer sides. Fine in tattered glassine overwrapper in very good, lightly soiled slipcase. Kredel, Fritz. 362 pages. Illustrated with black and white and color drawings by Fritz Kredel. With a Preface by Ashley Montague. Extensive index. Limited edition, copy 685 of 1500 signed by Fritz Kredel. NEWMAN & WICHE 435.
Synopsis
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, On The Origin of Species. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18348
- Title
- The Descent Of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
- Author
- Darwin, Charles
- Illustrator
- Kredel, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Half morocco and wood veneer sides. Fine in tattered glassine overwrapper in very good, lightly soiled slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Anthropology;
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