Science Is a Sacred Cow

Stated copyright date is 1950, but probably a later printing. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some rubbing, gentle edge-wear, and a few very light creases to the covers. An early cover design by the legendary Milton Glaser on this mass-market paperback edition of a heretical diatribe against expert opinions by chemist and noted insect-hater Standen. Once praised by Einstein… Read more about this item

E. P. Dutton and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Rubbing and toning overall and brief bumps to the spine ends and corners. Signed by the author with a small ink drawing of a sacred cow on the front endpaper. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. half of the … Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale green cloth-textured boards, black titles on spine, 221 pp. Spine ends worn. DJ rubbed and somewhat tattered along top edge; in Brodart archival cover. Standen takes a spade to the souffle of scientific pomposity. Shipping… Read more about this item

E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1950. Paperback. Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 221 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Library copy, neat stamp front and back. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has… Read more about this item

E. P. Dutton & Co., 1950. Paper Back . Good. Good Softcover. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Textblock soiled. Inside covers and some pages soiled/foxed. Pages tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.