Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning naturalist's exploration of our world's developing biodiversity across the ages.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $500.00
"Wilson's is still the best work we are ever likely to have on the tangled, ever-changing relationships that all species on the planet have with one another ― and why the preservation of the same biological diversity that sparks our curiosity and enriches our spirit may also be the key to our survival." - T. H. Watkins, THE WASHINGTON POST
First printing. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1992. 9.25'' x 6''. Original brown cloth backed in black, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($29.95) color photographic jacket designed by Marianne Perlak. Tan speckled endpapers. Black and white illustrations. [8] 426 pages. Inscribed by Wilson to title page ("For Fernando Vega / with warm regards / Edward O. Wilson.") Jacket with minor edgewear, faint sunning to spine. Light edgewear to boards, gentle bumping to top corners. Interior clean and bright.
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