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First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Front board spotted.

This is Stephen Jay Gould's own copy, from his Harvard office library. 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 good copy in wrappers. Front wrapper replaced; rear wrapper mounted to final blank, spine repaired. Cover creased with several short snags to the edges. Pages foxed.

First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed by Romney, "To Stephen Gould in appreciation of 'The Mismeasure of Man.' David Romney, May 19, 1993." A nice inscription to Stephen Jay Gould, referencing one of his most influential books.

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 very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Cloth edges starting to fray. 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). Green cloth with bright gold lettering on spine and cover (where it's a bit toned and faded), else fine. No dust jacket.

A fine copy in a dust jacket with fading to spine and a creased snag to the rear panel.

First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with a creased puncture to the spine and minor edge wear.

First edition (first printing). Light bumps to spine ends else a fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued.

First edition (first printing). Bump to rear top corner of spine else a fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.

First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with toned spine and a minor lamination flaw on the cover. From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould, who cited this book in his first book, Ontogeny and Phylogeny. 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 very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Stephen Jay Gould: "Professor Gould, Thanks so much for your encouragement with this book. I am also appreciative of you work which has served as an inspiration to me. Best regards, J. David Smith."

Gould devotes several pages in his Mismeasure of Man to the Kallikak story. From Gould's Harvard office library.

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First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the front free endpaper: "With best wishes" and dated 1991. With top corner cut from front free endpaper.

First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with two very short closed tears at the edges else fine.

First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Review copy stamp on front free endpaper.

First edition (first printing, paperback issue; there was also a simultaneous hardcover intended for libraries). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the editor at length to Stephen Jay Gould.

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