THE UNEXPECTED UNIVERSE
by EISELEY, Loren
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BUDERIM, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Published by Harcourt Brace & World Inc, 1969. 8vo. pp.x + 239 index. Original cloth hardcover in price clipped pictorial dust wrapper, else very good.
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
- A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 193699
- Title
- THE UNEXPECTED UNIVERSE
- Author
- EISELEY, Loren
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published by Harcourt Brace & World Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- ANTHROPOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY,POETRY
Terms of Sale
A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
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About the Seller
A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
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BUDERIM, Queensland
About A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
Alan and Fiona McIlreavy been Antiquarian Booksellers for over 40 years, in St Andrews in Scotland and in Melbourne Australia. Buderim Rare Books was established in 2000 when we returned to Australia. Buderim is on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ten minutes from the Pacific Ocean. We have a shop and an online catalogue. Shop hours 9.15- 2.00 pm until further notice
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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