Functional Design in Fishes

Alexander, R. McNeill

Published by Hutchinson University Library, 1967

About this Item

160 pages. A major contribution to the physics of fishes. Alexander is one of the leading theorists of animal mechanics and his work on fish bouyancy is particularly widely cited. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance.*** Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book.' *** We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Functional Design in Fishes
• Publisher: Hutchinson University Library
• Publication Date: 1967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Oceans & Freshwater