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First Edition of A Primer of Population Biology; Signed by Edward O. Wilson with a drawing of an ant
WILSON, EDWARD O. AND WILLIAM H. BOSSERT.
A Primer of Population Biology.
Stamford, CT: Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page with a drawing of an ant. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140992
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First Edition of From So Simple A Beginning; Signed by Editor Edward O. Wilson
WILSON, EDWARD O.; CHARLES DARWIN.
From So Simple A Beginning: Darwin’s Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals).
New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2006.
First edition of this collection of the four works of Darwin. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the editor, Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn an image of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by B. Middleworth.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140254
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First Edition of Freeman Dyson's Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics; Inscribed by Him to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, FREEMAN [EDWARD O. WILSON].
Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics.
New York: W.A. Benjamin 1966.
First edition of this work by the famed physicist. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Edward Best wishes Freeman Dyson.” The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called “the father of sociobiology” and “the father of biodiversity” for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. In very good condition, with Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138193
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First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Inscribed by Freeman Dyson to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, FREEMAN [EDWARD O. WILSON].
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Edward Freeman Dyson.” The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called “the father of sociobiology” and “the father of biodiversity” for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, with Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 138177
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First Edition of The Theory of Island Biogeography; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
WILSON, EDWARD O. & ROBERT H. MACARTHUR.
The Theory of Island Biogeography.
Princeton: Princeton University Press 1967.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133504
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First Edition of Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Inscribed by him to Edward O.Wilson
DENNETT, DANIEL C. [EDWARD O. WILSON].
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea.
New York : Simon & Schuster 1995.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to biologist Edward O. Wilson on the title page, “For Edward Daniel Dennett.” With Edward O. Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133315
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“Like most other mammals, human beings display a behavioral scale, a spectrum of responses that appear or disappear according to particular circumstances": First Edition of On Human Nature; Signed By Edward O. Wilson With A Drawing Of An Ant
WILSON, EDWARD O.
On Human Nature.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 1978.
First edition of this work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn an ant. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133312
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First Edition of Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life; Warmly inscribed by Him to Colleague Ruth Turner
WILSON, EDWARD O.
The Diversity of Life.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ruth Turner with warmest regards and respect Edward O. Wilson.” Wilson who has also added a drawing of an ant. The recipient, Ruth Turner was a colleague of Wilson’s at Harvard and was also a pioneering marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world’s expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131698
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“Ants are everywhere and deserve our attention": FIRST EDITION OF THE ANTS; SIGNED BY EDWARD O. WILSON WITH A DRAWING OF AN ANT
WILSON, EDWARD O. & BERT HOLLDOBLER.
Ants.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press/ Harvard University Press 1990.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has added a drawing of an ant on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132446
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First Edition of The Superorganism; Signed by Edward O. Wilson with a drawing of an ant
WILSON, EDWARD O. AND BERT HOLLDOBLER.
The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies .
New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2009.
First edition of this work by the award-winning biologists. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has drawn an image of an ant on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131084