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Billy's Halo: Love, Science And My Father's Death (SCARCE BRITISH HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by McKernan, Ruth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385608551
- ISBN 13
- 9780385608558
- Seller
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Doubleday, 2006. NrF/VG. First British edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'With best wishes/Ruth McKernan'. Part memoir, part science the author tells of her father's life and death. She includes much cutting-edge bioscience: a guide to everything from memory and consciousness to stem cells, bacterial infection and drug design. With Index. D/w has a few short edge tears (longest 9mm); d/w has small losses to corners of the d/w; else a near fine copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE British first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First British Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17413
- Title
- Billy's Halo: Love, Science And My Father's Death (SCARCE BRITISH HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- McKernan, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385608551
- ISBN 13
- 9780385608558
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Biography. Autobiography. Bill McKernan. Bioscience. Science. History Of Science. History. Medicine. Medical. Medical History. Memory. Stem Cells. Bacterial Infections. Drug Design. Scientists. Daughters And Fathers. Leukemia. Neurosc
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Medical;
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
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Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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