Published by Gerald Duckworth, London, 1952
Seller: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.62
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketBlue Cloth. Condition: VG(+). Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st ed. f/piece+349, 3 further photos on plate ex-pagination; prev.owner's 8/61 dated sig.top front endpaper with note 'Gift from Mrs Blacker-Cranfield' at bottom same, library donation plate from this owner to front pastedown but no other library marks inside or out of any kind, otherwise clean, tight & unmarked in clean unworn covers, unclipped jacket exceptionallybright and unworn for age (will insert in protective wrapper when ordered). Blacker is a strong apologist for Galton and the eugenics traditionat a time when eugenics had fallen completely from favour. Has two Appendices, one on Galton's attitude to race (which he strives rather desperately to redeem), the other a full Galton bibliography. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 14 Cms x 22 Cms.