Books: Convergence in Evolution, Lower Hutt in Lower Hutt, Wellington for sale

Moderate dampstains to upper margins of boards and endpapers. A good reading copy. ; This copy with a printed"With the Author's Compliments"slip tipped in. xiii, [3], 177, [1] pages + frontispiece (Head of Indian Mungoose, showing horizontal pupil) + 11 in-text illustrations. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. Biology, evolutionary theory. Convergence in evolutionary theory relates to the"independent similar development of unrelated animals, bringing them apparently closer together"(definition quoted from Professor Osborn). Selected chapter titles: The Art of Morphology, being a discourse upon Organic Form; Free and Fixed Animals; Mimicry and Homoplasy; Divergence and Parallelism; Habitudes and Attitudes (Bionomical Convergence); The Ways of Breathing (Respiratory Convergence); Convergence in Minute Structure (Histogenetic Convergence). Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo
Author
Arthur Willey
Title
Convergence in Evolution
Publisher name
John Murray, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1911
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Science Evolution Biology
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