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The Selfish Gene
by Dawkins, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 019857519X
- ISBN 13
- 9780198575191
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First American edition. Signed by Richard Dawkins and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light soiling to rear cover and former owner name to front free endpaper,, light waviness to several pages. In a Good unclipped dust jacket which is wavy from contact with moisture, light wear to extremities and has several tape mends made to the blindside.
Synopsis
The Selfish Gene is a book on evolution by Richard Dawkins, published in 1976. It builds upon the principal theory of George C. Williams's first book Adaptation and Natural Selection. Dawkins coined the term "selfish gene" as a way of expressing the gene-centred view of evolution, which holds that evolution is best viewed as acting on genes and that selection at the level of organisms or populations almost never overrides selection based on genes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943947
- Title
- The Selfish Gene
- Author
- Dawkins, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 019857519X
- ISBN 13
- 9780198575191
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
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