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Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X: New Light On The Evolutionists
by Eiseley, Loren
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 052508875X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525088752
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Nice clean, solid reading copy. Red cloth over spine with gilt titles within gilt outined panel on spine, yellow cloth over boards, quite clean and unmarked; slightly rubbed edges, 10 degree lean to spine, tight and solid binding. Colorless spotting to upper edge of text block, one spot to lower edge. Internals in Fine Condition. In this major contribution to the literature of Darwinism, Eiseley presents indisputable evidence that the basic tenets of natural selection were set forth by the now-forgotten naturalist, Edward Blyth, years before publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species". Eiseley also clarifies Darwin's debt to Alfred Russell Wallace and to the geologist Charles as well as well as to Edward Blyth. Interwoven with the story is the broader subject of human evolution, on which Darwin, Wallace, and Blyth had differing views. 278 pages, Index and Bibliography. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1979, E P Duttom, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025922
- Title
- Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X: New Light On The Evolutionists
- Author
- Eiseley, Loren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 052508875X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525088752
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- DARWIN, CHARLES, 1809-1882 BLYTH, EDWARD, 1810-1873 EVOLUTION, HISTORY NATURALISTS, ENGLAND, BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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