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Billy's Halo: Love, Science And My Father's Death (SCARCE AMERICAN HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by McKernan, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 030910100X
- ISBN 13
- 9780309101004
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Washington, U S A: Joseph Henry Press, 2006. VG+/VG. First American 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 McKenern'. 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 short edge tear (5mm); d/w has minor wear to head of spine, and small losses to corners of the d/w; else a very good plus copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE American first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13921
- Title
- Billy's Halo: Love, Science And My Father's Death (SCARCE AMERICAN HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- McKernan, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 030910100X
- ISBN 13
- 9780309101004
- Publisher
- Joseph Henry Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, U S A
- 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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Greystone Books
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
Biblio member since 2005
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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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- VG+/VG
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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