BODY-BUILD AND ITS INHERITANCE

DAVENPORT, Charles Benedict

Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington (D.C.), 1923

About this Item

176+9 photoplates+bound-in orig.wraps, 53 text figs; ex-London University library but only their heraldic plate+withdrawn stamp fr.pastedown, sm.round stamps verso t.p. & end text, pocket remnant bottom corner end pastedown, otherwise clean, tight & unmarked. Brown/mauvish cloth covers clean & minimally worn (just sl.corner bumping), gilt-lettering to sp.+gilt lib.logo and date at bottom. Issued as Paper No.35 of the Department of Genetics. Davenport was one of the leading U.S. eugenicists, and perhaps now best remembered for the notorious 'Race Crossing In Jamaica (1929) co-authored with Morris Steggerda.

Seller Inventory # 002779

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BODY-BUILD AND ITS INHERITANCE
• Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington (D.C.)
• Publication Date: 1923
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Evolution, Genetics & Eugenics
  • Biology & Physiology (inc. Brain)