The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.
First edition, first printing. [1], xiv, 272 pp. Illustrated with 2 color plates including frontispiece. Bound in publisher's black buckram lettered in gilt on spine, lacking dust jacket. Near Fine with light rubbing to head and tail; scattered foxing to textblock edges, endpapers, and prelims. Faint crease to first blank. Binding exposed at two places.
The first edition of a seminal work on genetics, which provided mathematical backing for Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Fisher also elaborated on Darwin's concepts of sex selection and dominant genes, and the book is dedicated to Darwin's son Leonard, who mentored Fisher and supported his early career.
Price: $5,000