Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1993
ISBN 10: 067493735X ISBN 13: 9780674937352
Language: English
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First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. xii+ 331 pages with figures, plates, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter stiff paper with gilt lettering to pine in black label and blindstamped cover. First edition. A leading biological anthropologist, Cartmill brings remarkable wit and wisdom to his story. Beginning with the killer-ape theory in its post-World War II version, he takes us back through literature and history to other versions of the hunting hypothesis. Condition: Binding flaw in front paste down. Jacket corners rubbed, spine head closed tear with crease else a very good copy in a very good to fine jackiet.