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First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in tan cloth covers with red ribbon page marker. Dust jacket has closed tears, some internal tape repairs, and edge and corner wear with small chips.

First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on an inerted limitation page. Copy number 35. In a fine slipcase.

First edition (first printing). Minor edge wear else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "Steve -- To finding a true and meaningful past through the science of history. With deepest respect, Michael Shermer / 6-12-00." From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a posthumous 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.

First revised edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

First trade edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the previous owner on the title page.

First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with a few closed tears that have been repaired on the verso with scotch tape.

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