Convergence in Evolution
Willey, Arthur
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
About this Item
Moderate dampstains to upper margins of boards and endpapers. A good reading copy. ; This copy with a printed "With the Author's Compliments" slip tipped in. xiii, [3], 177, [1] pages + frontispiece (Head of Indian Mungoose, showing horizontal pupil) + 11 in-text illustrations. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. Biology, evolutionary theory. Convergence in evolutionary theory relates to the "independent similar development of unrelated animals, bringing them apparently closer together" (definition quoted from Professor Osborn). Selected chapter titles: The Art of Morphology, being a discourse upon Organic Form; Free and Fixed Animals; Mimicry and Homoplasy; Divergence and Parallelism; Habitudes and Attitudes (Bionomical Convergence); The Ways of Breathing (Respiratory Convergence); Convergence in Minute Structure (Histogenetic Convergence). Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 15198
Bibliographic Details
Title: Convergence in Evolution
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1911
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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