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What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery
by Crick, Francis J
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465091377
- ISBN 13
- 9780465091379
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xiii, 182 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine Book And Dust Jacket, Slight Bumping To Spine Ends, Fading To Spine Of Dust Jacket, Price Clipped On Front Flap.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043279
- Title
- What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery
- Author
- Crick, Francis J
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0465091377
- ISBN 13
- 9780465091379
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- General, Genetics & Genomics, Evolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Biology - Genetics and Evolution; Science (general);
- X weight
- 0 lb
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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