New Naturalist No. 61 INHERITANCE AND NATURAL HISTORY by Berry, R. J - 1977

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Collins, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine hardcover in price-clipped dust jacket of the First Edition of Number 61 in the New Naturalist series. Bright dust jacket protected by 'Duraseal' plastic.

Collins, 1977-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very slight rubbing to wrapper, no fading, creasing or tears. Wrapper now in clear removable protective sleeve. Price clipped, illustrated, no inscriptions, small bookshop sticker to rear pastedown. Bright and clean internally with very little wear, appears almost unread, there is a small faint mark in the margins of two pages of the index. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Collins, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket which has faded mildly to the spine and been repriced to £10 at the foot of the front return flap. The publisher applied Duraseal sleeve is still in place although not adhered in part, colour plates, b&w illustrations, 350pp. (Bernhard & Loe NN61A).

William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 225 x 155 mm. NO. This is an excellent introduction to how genetic selection and inheritance work, and how this relates to population biology and the practical aspects of conservation. A great range of species is addressed, from dog whelks to trees, insects to birds, with the facts of well known studies such as the peppered moth and the meadow brown butterfly. Chapters include: The study of differences - genes and not-genes; Pools of genes; Sex and breeding; Natural selection and how it works; Genetical plumbing and architecture; Ecological islands and niches; Genes, survival, and adjustment in an island population of the house mouse; Human influences; Why be variable? An appendix deals with mitosis and meiosis.Some discolouration of the cover.

London: Collins, 1977. 350, 4 col + 8 b/w plates, 110 text figs. 220x150mm. HB. 8vo, orig. green buckram, minor spotting to top edge. Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded; not price-clipped; in publisher's duraseal cover).. 1st edition.. [9780002190848]

London: Collins, 1977. 350, 4 col + 8 b/w plates, 110 text figs. 220x150mm. HB. 8vo, orig. green buckram, boards a little marked; top edge spotted. Good in d/w (spine faded).. 1st edition.. [9780002190848]

London: Collins, 1977. Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. With twelve colour photographs, nineteen black-and-white photos and 110 line drawings. Jacket is marked, edge-worn and lightly scored, with a few minor nicks. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Contents are clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Collins, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket which has faded mildly to the spine and retains the £6.50 price to the foot of the front return flap. The publisher applied Duraseal sleeve has been removed and replaced with a non-adhesive archival film, colour plates, b&w illustrations, 350pp. (Bernhard & Loe NN61A).