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Seller: Chesil Books, DORCHESTER, United KingdomChesil Books

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Item description from seller

Chatto and Windus, London, 1939, first edition; 8vo, 160 x 225mm; pp xix, 434, frontispiece and 75 other illustrations, a few of them coloured and some full page; red cloth, spine titled gilt, a few small tears at the head of the spine and the spine itself a little dulled but otherwise a good copy. . . . . . Introduction by J B S Haldane ands edited by him also. The author acknowledges help in the genetics section from Dr Morton and D Schweitzer. The website "TextBook History" note that the book became a bestseller on its publication in 1939, noting it as " . an excellent layperson’s primer on the state-of-the-art in human genetics and heredity, and a serious critique of the racist, nativist and even anti-homosexual sentiments common among early eugenics supporters." This is important because Scheinfeld acknowledges the importance of the study of human inheritance while disassociating himself from the views on eugenics expressed by hard-line proponents, including those who he felt misapplied the science to express support for fascist views of humanity.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
You and Heredity
Author
Scheinfeld, Amram; Haldane, J B S (editor)
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Not relevant
Binding
Hardcover
Item weight
878 grams

Chesil Books

DORCHESTER, United Kingdom

2-star seller

AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2016

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General bookseller, web only, operating out of private premises and with a small, general stock although with some focus on politics, philosophy, sociology, psychology and similar social sciences. However, don't let that limiting description prevent your asking about other books and subjects - we're interested in interesting books and ideas.

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Seller's business information

Chesil Books

United Kingdom

Murdoch Mactaggart
Chesil Books
Manor Farmhouse
Swyre
DORCHESTER, Dorset
DT2 9DN

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