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Ever Since Darwin. Reflections in Natural History
by Gould, Stephen Jay
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Cloth and boards. Fine in slightly sunned dust jacket. With autograph letter and envelope loosely inserted, and NY Times review
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About This Item
New York: Norton, 1977. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Fine in slightly sunned dust jacket. With autograph letter and envelope loosely inserted, and NY Times review. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, WITH THANK YOU LETTER FOR BLURB. First book by Gould, with the ownership signature of Ashley Montagu on the front flyleaf. Montagu's blurb is at the top of the back cover:
"Stephen Jay Gould is one of the most brilliant of our younger biologists, gifted, among other things, with the ability to write. ..." - Ashley Montagu.
Carl Sagan also contributed a blurb.
With an Autograph Letter, signed, from Steve Gould to Ashley Montagu, dated 11/1/177 on letterhead of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, thanking him for "the extremely kind and overly generous comment from you that graces its cover. I ... feel flattered by your confidence".
An excellent association at the beginning of a great career.
"Stephen Jay Gould is one of the most brilliant of our younger biologists, gifted, among other things, with the ability to write. ..." - Ashley Montagu.
Carl Sagan also contributed a blurb.
With an Autograph Letter, signed, from Steve Gould to Ashley Montagu, dated 11/1/177 on letterhead of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, thanking him for "the extremely kind and overly generous comment from you that graces its cover. I ... feel flattered by your confidence".
An excellent association at the beginning of a great career.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300925
- Title
- Ever Since Darwin. Reflections in Natural History
- Author
- Gould, Stephen Jay
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth and boards. Fine in slightly sunned dust jacket. With autograph letter and envelope loosely inserted, and NY Times review
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Anthropology / Sociology | First Book | Evolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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