Structure Evolutionary Theory by Gould Stephen Jay (111 results)

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof. The Uncorrected Proof copy of the the second volume of this title. This book begins with chapter 9. Covers p. 745 through 1386.

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original green lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small tear at top corner of lower cover - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxii + 1433, with b&w illus (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

Imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt shell motif to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 1433pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, boards sl warped, light foxing & soiling to page edges, minor wrinkling to some page corners) in d/w, VG+ (sl wrinkling & soiling, in plastic protective cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Front board slightly off square. Clean throughout. DJ not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1433 pp. Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket. Light edge-wear, modest staining to the fore-edge.

Condition: Very good. Fifth printing. Hardcover. Very good condition in fine dust jacket. Former owner's small address label on front inner cover. Inking on perhaps 15 (of 1433) pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new. Fine, unread, first edition book in fine dust jacket. Not price clipped, no marks or tears. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

Condition: Good. Envoi rapide Bon état intérieur propre bonne tenue tranche un peu ternie. in8. 2002. Cartonné jaquette. Good.

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, London 2002. XXII+1433 pages. Orig. cloth in dust wrappers. Near fine/near fine. Name on front endpaper.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Crease to top corner of a few pages. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 10.10 X 6.90 X 2.70 inches; 1464 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine oversized hardcover in a Near Fine dj (a few check marks in pen to the side blank margin of pp. 7-50 only). A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. 5th printing. Illustrated. 1433pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this large and heavy hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (prior owner's note in pencil to approx. half of front free endpaper). A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. Illustrated. 3rd printing. 1433pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this large and heavy hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with the front cover stamped in gilt and the spine stamped in gilt and black.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine hardcover in a Fine dj. A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. Dj covered in protective mylar. Illustrated. 5th printing. 1433pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this large and heavy hardcover. No international shipping due to size and weight of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (three sentences underlined in red pen to page 2 but no other markings at all to rest of text). A very nice copy - tight binding and a clean and bright dj .First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated. 1433pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this large and heavy book. No international shipping due to size and weight of book.

Cloth Over Board. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. The dj in in very good condition with very minor wear and a sticker on the spine. Due to size of this book, additional postage mey be required. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xxii + 1433 pp, First Edition . First Printing, Chapter 1: Defining and Revising the Structure of Evolutionary Theory; Part I, Chapters 2 -7, The History of ?Darwinian Logic and Debate; Segue to Part II. Part II, Chapters 8-12, Expanded Table of contents 14 pages in hierarchical outline, Towards a Revised and Expanded Evolutionary Theory; Bibliography, Illustration Credits (at least 200 b&w illustrations), Index. TExt with extensive footnotes and references. Fr bottom edge of textblock with faint shelf-wear, else unblemished. 6.75" x 10.25" gray cloth boards x 2.9" thick, with gilt spine letters on black inlay, in pale (near white) illustrated DJ with protector. Weighs 5.25 pounds. Size: Thick Quarto. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A synthesis of three decades of study and writing about evolutionary theory. Gould, ever the historian of science, traces the development of evolution in order to make his case that biologists put too much emphasis on the "design" embodied in natural selection and too little on random chance. Gould, fighting cancer for a second time, pushed to finish this book, and it seems likely that it would have been shorter if he had had more time. The book is written for a general audience, providing Gould's unequaled clear explanations of complex theories while pushing the boundaries of contemporary science on the strength of his ideas. This book is one of Gould's most widely cited works. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory was published two months before Gould died, on May 20, 2002. It is now in its fifth or sixth printing and has been cited some 6000 times in the scientific literature, making it one of Gould's most cited of his nearly 500 published works. 1433 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (spine illustration slightly faded). A large, heavy book. This is one of Gould's personal copies, from his Harvard office library (acquired from his estate), with a tipped-in posthumous bookplate indicating the provenance. Like most authors, he received some copies of the book from the publisher. We placed the copy he marked changes in for a future edition with Harvard's library. In all, Gould had about a dozen of his original copies left when he passed away. In "A Seahorse for All Races" Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: "Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book." We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.

Condition: Near fine. Uncorrected two-volume proof of this mammoth work on evolutionary theory, exploring and extrapolating on Darwinism by "the world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas" scarce in this format. While advanced reading copies of THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY appeared in two volumes "for reproduction purposes," the finished book was released as a single volume. Two volumes, 8.5'' x 5.5'' each. Original white photographic wrappers. [8], 1386 pages, total. Touches of edgewear, couple tiny spots of residue to front wrapper of one volume. Crisp, tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. pp. (xxiii), 1433. Illustrated. Thick 4to. 260 mm. Original full cloth binding. The text and binding are in fine, unmarked, condition; the DJ is nearly fine. Sixth printing. Hardbound. Stephen Jay Gould (1941- 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and book collector. He synthesized these interests to become one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science. As he spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. the essential ingredients for this - his magnum opus - we never far from his mind. From the dust jacket: "With characteristic attention to detail (he) first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism: that natural selection works on organisms, not genes or species; that it is almost exclusively the mechanism of adaptive evolutionary change; and that these changes are incremental, not drastic. Next, he examines the three critiques that currently challenge this classic Darwinian edifice: that selection operates on multiple levels, from the gene to the group; that evolution proceeds by a variety of mechanisms, not just natural selection; and that causes operating at broader scales, including catastrophes, have figured prominently in the course of evolution. Then, in a stunning tour de force that will likely stimulate discussion and debate for decades, Gould proposes his own system for integrating these classical commitments and contemporary critiques into a new structure of evolutionary thought." SCIENCE 5 Language: eng.

4th printing hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy octavo xxii + 1433pp., frontis., bibliog., index, Monumental volume looking at & discussing the three core commitments of classical Darwinism. Neat ownership signature o/w a very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1433 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in light brown cloth with gilt titles and black accents on the spine. White dustjacket in near fine condition with black and red titles. Sticker on the back of the jacket. NF/NF. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1433 pages in near fine condition. Page edges are lightly smudged. Boudn in grey cloth with gilt titles and black accents. Lightly dented on the spine in one spot. Some small stains on the lower cover. NF/- -. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Large 8vo. [6], vii-xxii, [2], 1-1433, [5] pp. Green cloth with a gold decoration on the front board, gold lettering blocked in black on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $39.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With in-text illustrations. A contemporary review laid in. An extensive treatise on classical Darwinism. A small concavity to the spine; light edge wear to the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.