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An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas
by Gould, Stephen Jay
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039302492X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393024920
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About This Item
New York/London: W. W. Norton, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York/London: W. W. Norton, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean beige boards with maroon cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 255 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A collection of essays on great ideas of biology, diversity of life and the glory of nature. 8vo. Science..
Synopsis
An Urchin in the Storm is a volume of collected essays from paleontologist and well-known science writer Stephen Jay Gould. All but one of the essays had originally appeared in The New York Review of Books.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009320
- Title
- An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas
- Author
- Gould, Stephen Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 039302492X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393024920
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BIOLOGY NATURE SCIENCE BOOKS IDEAS ESSAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Math/Technology; Essays;
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