Eight Little Piggies - Reflections in Natural History by Gould, Stephen Jay - 1993

New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. A few illustrations, octavo, pp 479, very clean internally, original cloth-backed boards, very good, in a dustwrapper which is very slightly worn. [No one illuminates the wonderful workings of the natural world as perceptively and enjoyably as Stephen Jay Gould. In this volume of reflections on biology, history and culture, Gould addresses the burning issues of ecological crisis and contemporary species extinctions as well as giving us fascinating insights into evolution - such as the fact that the first land vertebrates had up to eight toes on each foot, and that the ichthyosaur had a very significant kink in its tail.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.