Dry Storeroom No. 1 The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
by Fortey, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307263622
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263629
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. 1st. Hardcover. 0307263622 . Only light wear, remainder mark bottom page edges.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.37 X 5.75 X 1.42 inches; 335 pages; The history and contents of Londons Museum of Natural History are explored. "Richard Forteyone of the worlds most gifted natural scientists and acclaimed author of Life, Trilobite and Earthdescribes this splendid new book as a museum of the mind. But it is, as well, a perfect behind-the-scenes guide to a legendary place. Within its pages, Londons Natural History Museum, a home of treasuresplants from the voyage of Captain Cook, barnacles to which Charles Darwin devoted years of study, hidden accursed jewelspulses with life and miraculous surprises. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Fortey acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research and driving passions that helped to create the timeless experiences of wonder that fill the museum. And with the museums hallways and collection rooms providing a dazzling framework, Fortey offers an often eye-opening social history of the scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17197
- Title
- Dry Storeroom No. 1 The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
- Author
- Fortey, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0307263622
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263629
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- 0307263622, flora, England, fauna
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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