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First edition (first printing). Minor edgewear, thus a near fine copy. In an unclipped dust jacket with $5.95 price printed on the flap; snagged on the covers and light damp stains along top edge, mostly visible on flap corner and verso, else very good.

Front endpaper stamped "From the Library of Gloria Swanson." Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Gloria and Bill for the pleasure of your home one evening. Barry." Hollywood star Swanson had a large book collection and married author and activist William Dufty in 1976. [JSP01]

First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Gould, apparently to Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas, "For Phil & Marlo with year's end greetings and great admiration. Steve. Stephen Jay Gould."

This copy came from Gould's personal library - presumably this was intended as a gift that was never given for some reason. An uncommon signed book.

First edition (first printing), in the original maroon cloth binding. An ex-library set, with 19th century private library bookplates and stickers.

First edition (first printing), in the original maroon cloth binding. An ex-library set, with 19th century private library bookplates and stickers on the spine. Hinges starting.

First editions (first printing). Very good copies in wrappers (paperback). Prior owner name stamp on each volume.

First edition (first printing). In first state dust jacket with misprint "Mangus" instead of "Magus" on rear flap. Ahearn, Fowles 018a, states that 100 copies were printed with misprint. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap, opened only to confirm the misprint. Lower portion of dust jacket is faded from brown to light green color.

Some edge wear and creases to a few page corners, else very good. Former owner's name on title pages of both volumes. Notes in ink on last blank of volume 2.

First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback) with plastic comb binding.

First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the editor to the author: "To Steve, with a great many of truly best wishes. Tony." 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 edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the authors of the introduction to Gould: "Rome, May 16th, 1984. That's yours! Elisabetta. Enrico."

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 edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould, his wife and sons: "with love from Chuck in Jefferson country" and dated May 5, 1990. Acquired from Gould's Harvard office library. 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 edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued.

First edition (first printing). Typed mimeographed sheets. Near fine copies brown thick paper covers with cloth spine. Prior owner has written author and title on spine.

First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the publisher's slipcase with a tear to the cloth along one edge else fine. A large, heavy book.

First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.

First edition (first printing). Gilt titling and illustration on cloth cover, and gilt lettering on spine. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Spine slightly splayed. A large, heavy book.

First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to Stephen Jay Gould.

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 hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.

First paperback edition (first printing). Spine a bit faded, thus a near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

First edition (first printing). A fine 2-volume hardcover set in illustrated boards; no dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase with a short tear at one corner and a light stain to one edge. Missing plate XIX.