Climate and Evolution.
Published by New York: Academy of Natural Sciences, . Second edition, revised and enlarged., 1939
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Seller: Natural History Books, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.Natural History Books
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Pp. xii, 223; 32 text-figures. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Special publication of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 1. This volume, assembled by E. H. Colbert after Matthew's death in 1930, brings together six papers by Matthews on the topic of climate and evolution. The contents include: Foreword, by E.H. Colbert; Preface, Biographical sketch of William Diller Matthew by W.K. Gregory; Climate and evolution by Matthew; Some remarks upon Matthew's "Climate and evolution," by Thomas Barbour; with supplementary note by Matthew; Note on the Wegener hypothesis, etc., supplementary to "Climate and evolution," by Matthew; Affinities and origin of the Antillean mammals by Matthew; The dispersal of land animals by Matthew; Tables showing the past and present zoogeographical distribution of land mammals by Matthew; Annotated bibliography of William Diller Matthew by C.L. Camp and V.L. VanderHoof. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Climate and Evolution.
- Author
- Matthew, William D.
- Publisher
- New York: Academy of Natural Sciences, . Second edition, revised and enlarged.
- Publication year
- 1939
- Seller catalogs
- Evolution and Heredity
Natural History Books
Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 15, 2005
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa. We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.…
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Natural History Books
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