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Watson, James D. | Four signed books, including The Double Helix

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December 8, 09:06 PM GMT

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2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Watson, James D.

A group of four works signed by, a co-discoverer of DNA


Lot includes: The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. Text diagrams and photographs. Signed on the title-page ("To John from Jim Watson"). — A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000. Signed on the title-page ("James D. Watson"). — Genes, Girls and Gamow. Oxford University Press, 2001. Text facsimiles and photographs. Signed on the title-page ("Jim Watson"). — DNA: The Secret of Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Profusely illustrated. Signed on the half-title ("for Dave & Fanny from Jim").


Together 4 volumes, various sizes. Various original publisher's cloth, all with original dust-jackets. Double Helix with slanted spine, boards a little faded at edges, some small stains on page-edges, jacket with edge wear, other all near-fine to fine.


(Sold as a group—not subject to return.)