Evolution Earth by Barrell Joseph (68 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Dustjacket. Fifth Printing. clean, tight pages. Ex-library markings. edgewear to green hardcover. ships fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Printing. Yale University Press, 1920. Hardcover, 208 pp. Third Printing, 1920. In good condition. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Nicking and fraying to cloth at corer tips and top and bottom of spine with a bit of the underlying boards exposed at corner tips. Light to moderate overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well with most of the lettering rubbed off on spine. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and address stamped above title on title page and two of the author's names are underlined in red and black pencil on title page as well. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: Preface by Richard Swann Lull; The Origin of the Earth by Joseph Barrell; The EArth's Changing Surface and Climate by Charles Schuchert; The Origin of Life by Lorande Loss Woodruff; The Pulse of Life by Richard Swann Lull; Climate and the Evolution of Civilization by Ellsworth Huntington; Index. [From Preface] The scope of the combined essays is of necessity very broad, ranging as it does from a conception of the universe to the trend of modern civilization. Thus the first chapter deals not alone with the genesis of the earth but of the parent solar system, and, the earth having been established, its history is traced until the time of its becoming a fit environment for the abode of life. The second lecture deals with the changing lines of demarcation between land and sea, the rise and growth of continents, the formation and severance of land-bridges, and the climatic changes which are recorded for geologic time. The physical environment once established, Professor Woodruff tells what we know and do not know of the origin of life. This is largely an academic discussion of the several theories which have been advanced to account for the evolution of lifeless into living matter, for from the nature of the problem evidences of direct observation are not available. The lecture on the pulse of life attempts to link up cause and effect; to find those forces which are responsible for the more or less rhythmic accelerations of evolution shown by the fossil record. The main cause is found to be climatic change, which in turn has as a chief controlling factor earth shrinkage and the consequent warping of the crust discussed in the second lecture. The pulse of life applies not alone to the evolution of animals and plants, but also to mankind. How climatic changes have influenced the growth of civilization and the formation of racial characteristics of mentality is set forth in the last lecture, that by Doctor Huntington. In so far as possible, these essays are the fruits of the original research of their several authors, which in certain instances are set forth here for the first time. The treatment of the entire subject and the marshaling of the facts thus assembled are entirely new.…

xi, 1 leaf, 208 pp; text figs. Original cloth. Inner front hinge cracked. Second printing. A Series of Lectures Delivered before the Yale Chapter of the Sigma Xi during the Academic Year 1916-17.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1924 EDITION; hardcover; head and heel of spine and corners bumped and w/ a couple of chips on cloth covers and fraying of cloth at head of spine; front hinge cracked and paper covering of rear hinge split; o/w contents in good condition. Book.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: A Series Delivered Before the Yale Chapter of the Si. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third edition. Good plus: Book shows staining/fading of panels/spine, tearing of cloth on spine/botton back panel edge, slight warping of front panel, bumping of corners-edges-ends, tearing of spine ends, stamps on inner panels/end pgs. Slight foxing. A Series of Lectures Delivered before the Yale Chapter of Sigma Xi during the Academic Year 1916-1917.…

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Condition: Very Good. 1920. Hardcover. Very good copy in good cloth covers. Title in gilt to spine. Light shelf wear, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Evolution-Earth reprinted from the 1918 edition. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Condition: Very Good. Third edition. Very good Clean yellowed text with a few pictures, mild discoloring from age of end pgs, cloth covers are slightly worn and soiled with rubbed corners and gold stamped spine edges.

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Condition: Very Good. 1920. Hardcover. Very good copy in good cloth covers. Title in gilt to spine. Light shelf wear, remains very good. . . . .