Unweaving the Rainbow; Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
by DAWKINS, RICHARD
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
The Penguin Group 1998. SIGNED ON BOOKPLATE TIPPED INTO HALF-TITLE PAGE; FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 336pp, Nr FINE in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light sun-fading to spine)
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- Title
- Unweaving the Rainbow; Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- Author
- DAWKINS, RICHARD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Penguin Group 1998
- Keywords
- first editions signed bookplates popular science scientific philosophy richard dawkins
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