192pp. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Bumped spine ends, corners and board edges. 12mo. Cocked. Text block edges starting to fox. Bookseller's label on front paste down. Free endpapers starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket sun faded, has two 2cm closed tears front top, very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped.
Six scientific essays plumbing the depths of certain biological aspects of evolution and the nature of life and their representation and misrepresentation. Translated from the original French by A J Pomerans.