Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, third printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Signed by Edward O. Willson on the front end page. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some creasing and chipping. Light bumping and bowing to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding...