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First edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with some edge wear and lamination beginning to peel on rear cover. 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.

First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Light wear, minor creasing to edges.

Second impression. A very good copy in a scuffed dust jacket with chips to the corners and spine ends.

Very Good

First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

First edition thus. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Covers are soiled and edges are tanned.

Very Good

Very Good

Very Good

Very Good

Very Good