Variation in Animals and Plants
by Vernon, H. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels, and markings. Bruise and 10mm tear to front board near head of spine. ; ix, [1], 415, [1 (blank)], [12 (advertisements)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. Biology, evolution. Contents: Part I - The Facts of Variation: The Measurement of Variation; Dimorphism and Discontinuous Variation; Correlated Variations; Part II - The Causes of Variation: Blastogenic Variations; Certain Laws of Variation; The Effect of Temperature and of Light; The Effect of Moisture and of Salinity; The Effect of Food and of Products of Metabolism; The Effects of Conditions of Life in General; Part III - Variation in its Relation to Evolution: The Action of Natural Selection on Variations; Adaptive Variations. Series: The International Scientific Series, Vol. LXXXVIII. .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25127
- Title
- Variation in Animals and Plants
- Author
- Vernon, H. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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