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The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
by Levitin, Daniel J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525950737
- ISBN 13
- 9780525950738
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton Adult, 2008-08-18. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good Dust Jacket. 6x1x9. 1st printing of 1st edition, with complete number line. Signed by Daniel J. Levitin on half-title page (see our photo). Some foxing to edges of text block, light bumping to outer corners. Binding is tight and sturdy, text appears find aside from author's ostensible signature (no inscription, just the autograph). Unclipped dust jacket has light rubbing. From the personal collection of an academic. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Synopsis
Abridged CDs ? 5 CDs, 6 hours Daniel Levitin follows up his acclaimed New York Times ?bestselling first book, This Is Your Brain on Music , with The World in Six Songs , an audacious look at how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms and gave rise to human culture.
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310383
- Title
- The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- Author
- Levitin, Daniel J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525950737
- ISBN 13
- 9780525950738
- Publisher
- Dutton Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008-08-18
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- stre10
- X weight
- 20 oz
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About The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Jacket
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- Number Line
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- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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- Edges
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