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The Cygnus Mystery: Unlocking the Ancient Secret of Life's Origins in the Cosmos
by COLLINS, ANDREW
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Watkins Publishing 2006. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 350pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & sm illus in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling/tape residue to front cover)
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- Title
- The Cygnus Mystery: Unlocking the Ancient Secret of Life's Origins in the Cosmos
- Author
- COLLINS, ANDREW
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Watkins Publishing 2006
- Keywords
- first edition evolution anthropology philosophy history archaeology archeology science astrophysics
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