Unexpected Universe, The
by Eiseley, Loren
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 239 pages. Hardcover. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Original dust jacket with only light wear to edges, & light toning. Small tears to spine edge, price-clipped. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Otherwise, clean & unmarked. Record # 751182
Synopsis
Drawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 751182
- Title
- Unexpected Universe, The
- Author
- Eiseley, Loren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Literature, Sciences, Reprint, , .
Terms of Sale
Monroe Street Books
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About the Seller
Monroe Street Books
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Middlebury, Vermont
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Cloth
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