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Climate and Evolution Second Edition Revised and Enlarged

1939 · ref. 023393 — New York New York: New York Academy of Sciences 1939. Second Revised Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Prescient early work on the impacts of climate change on various species & the Earth in 223 pages with illustrations throughout. W. D. Matthew 1871-1930 was a renowned paleontologist who had recently passed away. His early work from the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on the impact of climate on evolution first published in Feb. 1915 is reprinted here along with a new Preface & "critical additions by the author and others & a bibliography of his scientific works by Charles Lewis Camp & Vertress Lawrence VanderHoof." With navy blue cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to front & spine this hardcover small quarto is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright with slight fading to upper edges of rear board only. Binding strong & straight pages creamy white & completely unmarked save for former owner's name stamp twice to front endpapers. Corners crisp with a tad of rubbing to lower extremities. No DJ unlikely that it was issued with one. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. New York Academy of Sciences hardcover