Stephen Jay Gould · 1991

Bully for Brontosaurus

USD 575

Reflections in Natural History

A personally signed, leather-bound Easton Press first edition of Stephen Jay Gould’s celebrated collection of essays on evolution, palaeontology and the history of life.

A personally signed, leather-bound Easton Press first edition of Stephen Jay Gould’s celebrated collection of essays on evolution, palaeontology and the history of life.

Gould was one of the twentieth century’s most eminent evolutionary thinkers and its most gifted public interpreter of natural history. In Bully for Brontosaurus, he combines scientific authority, historical imagination and uncommon literary grace to illuminate evolution, extinction, contingency and humanity’s place within the history of life.

In extremely fine condition, this handsome signed first edition is a highly desirable cultural object for evolutionary biologists, palaeontologists, physicians, eminent life-science researchers and collectors of major scientific thinkers. The author’s original signature and distinguished Easton Press presentation make the copy especially collectible, while the price remains notably attractive.

Description: Octavo. First Easton Press Edition. Signed by the author on a dedicated, publisher-inserted limitation leaf at the front of the volume. Luxuriously bound in the publisher's signature full dark forest green premium leather. Elaborately stamped and accented in 22kt gold to the boards and spine. Hubbed spine with three raised bands. Gilded page edges, coral/salmon silk moiré endleaves, and an integrated satin ribbon page marker. Text printed on long-lasting, archival-quality, acid-neutral paper with Smyth-sewn pages. 540 pp.

Bully for Brontosaurus is widely celebrated as one of Gould's finest essay collections, showcasing his signature wit, clarity, and unmatched ability to weave history, popular culture, and rigorous evolutionary biology together. This premium, signed edition was produced exclusively for subscribers of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series, providing a permanent, fine-binding format for one of the late 20th century's most influential voices in popular science.

Edition

Personally signed leather-bound first edition

Provenance

Personally signed by Stephen Jay Gould on the publisher’s signed-edition page.

Condition

Extremely fine. The leather binding, gilt decoration, text block and interior leaves are exceptionally fresh and well preserved, with no material defects.

Status

Available