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Code Breaker
by Walter Isaacson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1982115858
- ISBN 13
- 9781982115852
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
First edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published by Simon & Schuster, 2021. Biography of Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel Prize Winner in chemistry, for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing. 536 pages, with Index, Notes, several color photos through the text, 6-1/4" X 9-1/2". The dust jacket is intact, and has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket is not price clipped. First edition, first printing - full number line on the copyright page. Sturdy dark blue cover boards, with the title and author name in gold on the spine. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn, no edge wear. Sewn binding is tight and square. One small bump mark to the top edge of the text block - see photos. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. This copy is not a library discard, not a remainder. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23-06407
- Title
- Code Breaker
- Author
- Walter Isaacson
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1982115858
- ISBN 13
- 9781982115852
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 2021
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
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