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New York: Doubleday, 2019. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Bill Bryson on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean unmarred boards. Light crease to spine head and bottom corners. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. B&W and color photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($30.00) with faint wear to the spine head and front bottom corner, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 450 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall. Bryson turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions, and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological selves. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this book… Read More