Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, No. 25)

Pp. xii+ 269; 3 color plates. Fine, bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering, from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill, 1932-2017, who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, his signature in pencil at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick, 1832-1923, is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking, based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.