Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,04
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Ajouter au panierHardback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,04
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Ajouter au panierHardback. Etat : Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,04
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Ajouter au panierHardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
EUR 4,21
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Double Helix: Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Edité par Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 1945
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
EUR 10,44
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Edité par Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,53
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. 3rd impression. Light wear to boards with a lean. Content is clean with a ex libris sticker on the ffep. Good DJ with some edge wear and is price clipped.
Edité par Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,53
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. 3rd imp. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Spotting to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, small tears, light soiling and creasing. Previous owner signature in FFEP.
Edité par Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
EUR 3,53
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. Third impression. Book has a slight lean with little wear Content is clean with light toning and front end paper removed. Good DJ with little wear.
Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
EUR 4,16
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Edité par Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
EUR 4,71
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. 3rd impression. Light wear to boards with a lean. Content is clean with spotting and a stamp on the ffep. Good DJ is clean.
Edité par Weidenfeld and Nicolosn; (1968), London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
EUR 15,90
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Stated fourth printing of the first UK edition (in the same year as the first), near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dark purple cloth with gilt lettering and double helix design on spine. The spine is slightly slanted. The jacket has a little wear at edges, and the lamination has lifted in places in the gutters. Includes photographs and reproductions of documents; 226 pages. 35s publisher's price on front flap; no names or other writing in or on the book. 0.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Royaume-Uni
EUR 16,49
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 3rd Impression. Hardcover. The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, a Major Scientific Advance Which Led to the Award of a Nobel Prize. Slight foxing to edge. Rolled spine. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Price clipped. What we have is more than the 'inside story' of one participant's version of a revolutionary discovery. We have a book, written on the assumption that science is a human endeavour, and important enough to be written about forthrightly. Illustrated. 235 pp. slight lean (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Vendeur : Fireside Bookshop, Stroud, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
EUR 17,67
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Acceptable. First Edition. Previous owners signature to ffep. Foyles label to front paste down. Foxing to page edges. Rubbing and chipping to edges of D/J with several tears and slight loss.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 29,44
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. Fourth impression of the first UK edition, published in December 1968. The book was first published in the UK in May 1968, and reprinted in June and July 1968 - indicating that the book had made quite an impact for a science book. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***Very good in bright mauve cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Boards nice and clean and unmarked. Top edge stained mauve by the publisher - lightly faded. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No reading lean. Spine tight. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper which has been neatly corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is complete, but has some light edge wear, rubbing and creasing, mainly to the top and tail of the spine. No chips or tears. Whilst there is some surface loss to the edges of the top and tail of the spine and corner tips of the foldovers, there is no actual loss, just small nicks at the edges. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. ***222mm x150mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***Fourth impression of the first UK edition. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted. A nice original format reading copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 29,44
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. Third impression of the first UK edition, published in July 1968. The book was first published in the UK in May 1968, and reprinted in June and July - indicating that the book had made quite an impact for a science book. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***Very good in bright mauve cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Boards nice and clean and unmarked. Top edge stained mauve by the publisher - lightly faded and slightly foxed. Internally also very good with a neat contemporary gift inscription at the top of the front free endpaper. Pages clean. There is a slight forward lean to the book. Spine tight. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 35s net. The dustwrapper is complete, but has some edge wear and creasing, mainly to the top and tail of the spine. There is a 2cm closed tear to the top edge of the back panel of the dustwrapper. Whilst there is some surface loss to the edges of the top and tail of the spine and corner tips of the foldovers, there is no actual loss, just small nicks at the edges. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. ***222 mm x150 mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***Third impression of the first UK edition. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted. A nice original format reading copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1972
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, Afrique du sud
Edition originale
EUR 45,70
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Creases and Tears. Sixth Printing. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA, a major scientific and advance which led to the award of a Nobel prize. 230 pages Size: Approx 5¾" - 8¾" Tall.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 53
Autre deviseQuantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. Second impression of the first UK edition, published in June 1968. The book was first published in the UK in May 1968, and reprinted in June, July and December 1968, indicating that the book had made quite an impact for a science book. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***This copy in a variant black cloth binding rather than the usual bright purple cloth (see scans for a comparison with another copy we have listed in the standard purple cloth). ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly rubbed and creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine (this book always seems to have a light vertical reading crease!) Top edge stained mauve by the publisher still nice and bright (this stain was designed to match the purple boards). Internally also very good with a neat contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Pages clean. There is a very slight forward reading lean. Spine tight. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of 35s net. The dustwrapper is complete, but has some light edge wear, rubbing and creasing. No chips or tears. Whilst there is some very slight surface loss to the edges of the top and tail of the spine and corner tips of the foldovers, this is much less than is usually found with this title. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. ***222mm x150mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A second impression of the first UK edition in an unusual variant black cloth binding. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted. A nice original early impression of this classic work. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Edité par Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, United Kingdom, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : PW Books, Andover, HANTS, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 58,83
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (35s). Illustrated. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), numerous tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a few small marks, pushing/bumping to corners, the odd spot of foxing, patchy creasing/rubbing/browning to front/back inner flaps and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been generally well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners, a few small bumps/rubs to edges, a little patchy browning/fading, the odd small mark and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/fading) to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Previous owner's signature in pencil to front end-paper. Previous owner's signature and location in pencil to half-title page. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. VEry occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Edité par George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 58,89
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Jacket by Dorothy Judd (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, second impression, published later the same year, a tribute to the book's ground breaking popularity. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to white parts of jacket, top of page block coloured purple as issued, black cloth with gilt lettering, not price clipped (35s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 235pp, illustrated. The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. Scarce in this early impression.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 76,56
Autre deviseQuantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, published in 1968. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***Very good in bright mauve cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Boards clean and unmarked. Tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Top edge of page block stained red by the publisher - now faded and lightly foxed. There is a slight forward reading lean to the binding, and a light vertical reading crease to the spine (as is often found with this book). Internally also very good, with a period ownership inscription at the top of the front free endpaper. There is also some tape offsetting marks on front and rear endpapers (caused by the dustwrapper being protected with a cover by a previous owner - now replaced). The interior pages are clean, without any foxing. Also, no creases or tears. With a loosely inserted period newspaper cutting from the original day of publication. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 35s net. The dustwrapper is complete, with just some light edge wear and creasing, mainly to the top and tail of the spine. There is very little of the surface loss which is usually found to the edges of the dustwrapper. No chips. No significant chips or tears. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. Slight shadow of tape offsetting to the inner flaps. ***222mm x150mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted, and first impressions are hard to come by now in decent collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 76,56
Autre deviseQuantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, published in 1968. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***Very good in bright mauve cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Boards nice and clean and unmarked. Top edge stained mauve by the publisher - lightly faded. Very slight abrasion affecting a few page edges at the fore-edge of the page block. There is a very slight forward lean to the book. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 35s net. The dustwrapper is complete, but has some edge wear and creasing, mainly to the top and tail of the spine. No chips. There is a 2cm closed tear to the top edge of the front panel of the dustwrapper. There is also some surface loss to the edges of the top and tail of the spine and corner tips of the foldovers. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. ***222mm x150mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted - first impressions are uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Winsley Street, London W1, 1968
ISBN 10 : 0297760424 ISBN 13 : 9780297760429
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 76,56
Autre deviseQuantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dorothy Judd (Jacket design) (illustrateur). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, published in 1968. Dustwrapper designed by Dorothy Judd. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. ***Very good in bright mauve cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and striking DNA spiral design to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Boards nice and clean and unmarked. Top edge stained mauve by the publisher - now faded. Edges of page block lightly foxed. There is a very slight forward lean to the book. Spine tight. Internally also very good, with an ownership name at the top of the front free endpaper. There is some foxing to the first and last few pages, otherwise the interior pages are clean. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 35s net. The dustwrapper is complete, but has some edge wear and creasing, mainly to the top and tail of the spine. There is also some surface loss to the edges of the top and tail of the spine and corner tips of the foldovers. No chips. No significant chips or tears. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Back panel nice and clean even though a white background. ***222mm x150mm. 315 pages - with a Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. ***'The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. ***'In 1962 the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Francis H. C. Crick, James D. Watson, and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, the three men who almost a decade earlier had worked together, merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology, to solve the structure of DNA--Crick and Watson on the building of a hypothetical model that would conform in all its parts to what Wilkins' X-ray pictures had already shown of the molecule. The interplay of ideas, temperaments, and circumstances was an especially fortuitous one, since the result was something that, in Watson's words, was too pretty not to be true: the double helix.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition. The book was surprisingly successful for a science book and was soon reprinted, and first impressions are hard to come by now in decent collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Vendeur : FARRAGO, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKS, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 117,78
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. * AS PICTURED - FIVE IMAGES * FIRST EDITION, First Printing, 1968. 8vo; purple cloth boards with spine decoration and titles in brilliant gold gilt. Very bright, clean and square. Top edge red. A mottling of tiny dust/foxing stains to top edge and a much sparser number (about 15) to fore-edge. Otherwise, the book internally is near-Fine : tight, bright and clean with no markings or inscriptions, bookplates or the like. Pages: xvi + 226 + 6 additional pages which reproduce 'The letter written to Delbruck telling of the double helix' and a photograph showing 'In Stockholm for their Nobel Prizes, December, 1962: Maurice Wilkins, John Steinbeck, John Kendrew, Max Perutz, Francis Crick, and James D. Watson.' +6 blank endpapers. With 19 half-tone illustrations and 11 diagrams. Dustwrapper unclipped (35s net), similarly bright and clean, with some very minor damage where the laminate has been rubbed at spine ends and corners. Now protected with clear, removable sleeve. An attractive copy of the first printing of this book. Please see accompanying images. FREE POSTAGE WITHIN THE U.K. Buyers from outside the U.K. quoted for additional Shipping cost before commitment. (25% of all FARRAGO proceeds donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).