[In Russian] Chemical Evolution. Moelcular Evolution towards the Origin of Living Systems on the Earth and Elsewhere. Translated into Russian with an Introduction by Alexander I. Oparin. Inscribed to Melvin Calvin by Oparin on the title page

Oxford, Moscow: Clarendon Press, [Publishing House "MIR"], 1971. Calvin, Melvin Ellis (1911-1997). Chemical evolution: molecular evolution towards the origin of living systems on the earth and elsewhere ( : ). Russian text. English translation by K.A. Lyubarsky and R.B. Lyubovsky. With foreword by A. Oparina. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Moscow, 1971. Inscribed to M. Calvin from A. I. Oparin on the Russian title page, "To dear Professor Calvin, with love and respect, A. Oparin," dated Jan. 20, 1972. (139 x 215) mm. DJ. Cloth boards, title embossed on spine in black. Very good.

Probably most well-known for his discovery of the Calvin Cycle, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961 was awarded to Melvin Calvin "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants." (Melvin Calvin - Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Tue. 1 Nov 2022. ).