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Hardcover, bound in full genuine maroon gilt-stamped leather binding. 372 pages. Illustrated. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed edition, published by Easton Press, 2000. One of 1,650 copies, personally signed by author, with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and unused blank Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose. The ninth and penultimate book of essays by Gould, professor of geology and the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology at Harvard. Gould’s writing is as always a delight to read for the natural history buff, even if many of the essays herein are more about the history of natural history than the subject itself. Indeed, many do not treat natural history at all but provide insight into the authors wide range of intellectual curiosity on topics touching on such disparate figures as Mozart, Carl Sagan and Joe DiMaggio A pristine copy, gift quality, new in shrink wrap.