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Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey Hardcover - 1991

by Leighton, Ralph

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New York: W.W. Norton, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Red remainder mark along bottom edge, unobtrusive. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Complete with the red 33 1/3 plastic record tipped in at first free endpaper, excerpts from Bans 1 and 9 of Melodii Tuvi, etc. Humorous account of the ten-year quest by theoretical physicist Richard Feynman and the author Ralph Leighton to get to the Central Asian Kingdom of Tuva, home to throat-singers. 254 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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