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Anthrax
by Guillemin, Jeanne
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520222040
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222045
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Univ of California Pr, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Univ of California Pr, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/near fine. First Edition, with full number line on copyright page. Very clean pale gray boards with clean unfaded black spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean bright red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 321 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, slightest hint of surface rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In April of 1979 the city of Sverdlovsk in Russa's Ural Mountains was struck by a frightening anthrax epidemic. In her riveting investigation of the incident, Jeanne Guillemin unravels the mystery of what really happened during that tragic event..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017719
- Title
- Anthrax
- Author
- Guillemin, Jeanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0520222040
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222045
- Publisher
- Univ of California Pr
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, Ca
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- ANTHRAX EPIDEMIC DISEASE TOXICOLOGY SVERDLOVSK EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
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