The Foundations of the Origin of Species, Two Essays Written in 1842 and 1844, 1909, Charles Darwin, ed. Francis Darwin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. With handwritten inscription on the inside front cover, ‘From R. A. Fisher, 6 Oct 1952’.
McLaren: Charles Darwin’s Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle”
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Charles Darwin’s Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle”, 1933, ed. Nora Barlow, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. With handwritten inscription on the inside front cover, ‘From R. A. Fisher, 6 Oct 1952’.
Science Versus Idealism, 1946, Maurice Cranforth, Lawrence and Wishart, London. With handwritten inscription on inside front cover, ‘To my favourite Comrade, with the hope of a very happy future, Norman, July 1949’.
The Situation in Biological Science, Proceedings of the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the USSR, Session: July 31-August 7, 1948, Verbatim Report, 1949, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow. With handwritten notes inside front and back covers and minor annotations in the body copy.
McLaren: Press articles on medical research and ethics
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Press cuttings, photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles relating to cloning, genetics, embryo research and experiments and other science stories such as mental health, BSE and medical ethics.