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Doubt And Certainty In Science : A Biologist's Reflections On The Brain
by Young, J Z
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 168pp, eight black and white plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends, faded with jacket loss. Text block edges tanning. Bookseller's label on front paste down. Free endpapers tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has loss at spine ends and bottom front, 2cm closed tear at spine head, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 12mo. The Reith Lectures for 1950, printed here as they were given, with only the alterations necessary to make reading reasonably smooth.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011786
- Title
- Doubt And Certainty In Science : A Biologist's Reflections On The Brain
- Author
- Young, J Z
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Brain Science, Biology,
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
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