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  • IN THE BEGINNING . . . by Asimov, Isaac.
    Asimov, Isaac.
    IN THE BEGINNING . . .

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Stonesong Press / Crown Publishers, Inc., (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Science Faces God in The Book of Genesis." Asimov, who has written many books on the Bible, compares the biblical description of creation with the latest scientific theories in a line-by-line annotation of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, pointing out where they are similar and where they are different, although he concludes by noting that human knowledge does increase and if the writers of Genesis were writing it now, it would be very different. Index. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-517543362.

    Condition: Fine in blue cloth with white lettering on the spine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 92564
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  • DARWIN'S CHILDREN. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    DARWIN'S CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Nebula award-winning novel, 'Darwin's Radio.' SIGNED by the author on the title page. 387 pp including a glossary and a brief reading list. ISBN: 0-345-448359.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 49114
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  • DARWIN'S CHILDREN. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    DARWIN'S CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Nebula award-winning novel, 'Darwin's Radio.' SIGNED by the author on the title page. 387 pp including a glossary and a brief reading list. ISBN: 0-345-448359.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (minor lamination flaw to dj.)

    Book ID: 56232
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  • DARWIN'S RADIO. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    DARWIN'S RADIO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - A cutting edge thriller that questions everything we believe about evolution. Winner of the Nebula Award. 430 pp. ISBN: 0-345-42333x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75719
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  • DARWIN'S CHILDREN. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    DARWIN'S CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Nebula award-winning novel, 'Darwin's Radio.' SIGNED by the author on the title page. 387 pp including a glossary and a brief reading list. ISBN: 0-345-448359.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81441
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  • DARWIN'S CHILDREN. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    DARWIN'S CHILDREN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to his Nebula award-winning novel, 'Darwin's Radio.' 387 pp including a glossary and a brief reading list. ISBN: 0-345-448359.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 92189
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  • DRY BONES. by Coulter, Hope Norman
    Coulter, Hope Norman
    DRY BONES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize winning author's second novel, a look at the creation-evolution conflict in a small town in Arkansas. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-87483-1520.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47523
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  • Gould, Stephen Jay.
    AN URCHIN IN THE STORM: Essays about Books and Ideas.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Norton, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of reviews which together make provocative and entertaining reading - on Darwin, evolution, contemporary science and more. Illustrated. Index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-02492x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33275
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  • THE LYING STONES OF MARRAKECH: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History. by Gould, Stephen Jay.
    Gould, Stephen Jay.
    THE LYING STONES OF MARRAKECH: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Harmony, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Essays on paleontology, the early years of the study of natural history as a science, Darwin, evolution and more. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-609-601423.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 51566
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  • EIGHT LITTLE PIGGIES: Reflections in Natural History by Gould, Stephen Jay
    Gould, Stephen Jay
    EIGHT LITTLE PIGGIES: Reflections in Natural History

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth volume of his essays - 31 essays on "the disparate but related issues of time, change, and organic evolution. Gould critically explores a cascade of ideas that shed new light on ecology, human nature, vertebrate anatomy, neo-Darwinism, and mass extinctions " Illustrated with drawings. Bibliography, index. 479 pages. ISBN: 0-39303416X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 71652
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  • CHILDREN OF THE ICE: Climate and Human Origins. by Gribbin, John and Mary.
    Gribbin, John and Mary.
    CHILDREN OF THE ICE: Climate and Human Origins.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Oxford, England / Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell,Inc., (1990) dj. Hardcover - The origins and evolution of humankind against the background of climactic change during the ice ages of the past five millions years - and speculation about possible catastrophic future changes. Appendix, bibliography, & index. vii, 199 pp. ISBN: 0-631-168176.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58366
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  • THE SONG OF THE DODO: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. by Quammen, David.
    Quammen, David.
    THE SONG OF THE DODO: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (1997). A book which interweaves personal observation, scientific theory and history as it examines evolution and extinction on islands. Maps by Kris Ellingsen. Notes, bibliography, index, 702 pp. ISBN: 0-684-827123.

    Condition: Good condition overall - some wear to covers, straight spine, tight and clean.

    Book ID: 85878
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  • THE APPEARANCE OF MAN. by Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881-1955)
    Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881-1955)
    THE APPEARANCE OF MAN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Essays on the origins of man and relationships which focus on recent human fossils found in China, North America and Africa, and which expands on the ideas in his landmark "Phenomenon of Man." de Chardin was a biologist, paleontologist, Jesuit priest and often controversial theologian, a man of both tremendous intellect and great spiritual faith. Translated from the French by J. M. Cohen. Preface by Robert T. Francoeur. Frontispiece portrait. Bibliography, index. 286 pp.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91703
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  • SOCIOBIOLOGY: The New Synthesis. by Wilson, Edward O. (1929 - 2021)
    Wilson, Edward O. (1929 - 2021)
    SOCIOBIOLOGY: The New Synthesis.

    Edition: First printing.

    Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of E. O. Wilson's most important books (as well as his largest and heaviest), a work which sparked a new field arguing that social behaviors, even human ones, have an evolutionary basis. It forever changed the nature-versus-nurture debate by proposing that biology, not just environment, shapes our social instincts like altruism and aggression. This book was later ranked in a poll of the officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society as the most important book on animal behavior of all time, and is regarded today as the founding text of sociobiology and its offshoot, evolutionary psychology. INSCRIBED on the title page…

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    Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of E. O. Wilson's most important books (as well as his largest and heaviest), a work which sparked a new field arguing that social behaviors, even human ones, have an evolutionary basis. It forever changed the nature-versus-nurture debate by proposing that biology, not just environment, shapes our social instincts like altruism and aggression. This book was later ranked in a poll of the officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society as the most important book on animal behavior of all time, and is regarded today as the founding text of sociobiology and its offshoot, evolutionary psychology. INSCRIBED on the title page to the late Oklahoma collector, Larry Owens, with a finely drawn picture of an ant beneath his signature. An attractive publication, illustrated with 43 tables, 31 halftone figures, 209 line drawings by Sarah Landry, including some double page spreads. Glossary, bibliography, index/ Measures just over 10 inches square. ix, 697 pp. ISBN: 0-674816218.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (wear to ends of spines, one short closed tear, tiny hole on back cover and overall signs of being read, but better condition than often found)

    Book ID: 92292
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