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Title: Science in Perspective

Description: First edition, fourth impression. "Passages of contemporary writing selected and introduced by Denys Thompson". Publishers cream cloth with green vignette and black title. Black title to spine. Name on inside. Some margin notations present. A very nice copy.

Product Details:

Publisher: John Murray., London

Editor

Denys Thompson

Date Published: 1965

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Good

Weight: 296g

Reserve: $10.00

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