Richard Dawkins — The Blind Watchmaker

Harlow, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this brilliant work on evolution from Richard Dawkins. First edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.  With monochrome full-page illustrations throughout.  Richard Dawkins' popular science book aims to resolve the paradox of the complexity of natural selection, offering an inspiring introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time.  Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, noted atheist and author who has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prizze and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize.   In the original cloth binding, with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with a very small mark to the front board. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front paste down. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor shelf wear and a couple minor closed tears to the edges. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.