The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
by WATSON, JAMES, D
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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About This Item
1968. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1968). XVI,226 pp. and 7 photographic plates (of the letter to Delbrück telling of the double helix). Original purple boards. The double helix gilt on spine. Owners signature on blanck fly leaf - else clean. Fine dust jacket. A fine copy. First British edition of Watson's controversial best selling account of the events surrounding the discovery of the structure of DNA. Forward by Sir Lawrence Bragg.
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- Bookseller
- Herman H. J. Lynge & Son (DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29486
- Title
- The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
- Author
- WATSON, JAMES, D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
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About the Seller
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Biblio member since 2017
Copenhagen
About Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son A/S was founded 1821 in Copenhagen, and has been a member of the Danish Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABF) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB-LILA) since their beginning.
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