9780007209880 - Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum de Fortey, Richard (25 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Condición: Very Good. 0th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condición: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Jacket. Signed by Richard Forty Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Signed.

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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fascinating and well illustrated. Near-fine in clean green boards with bright bronze titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 338pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Number 1 is printed inside, The first printing of the first edition. Some foxing marks on first few pages and on the closed page edges.

hardback, large 8vo, x,338pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper (price-clipped). ISBN: 0007209886.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 159 X 35 X 240 millimeters; 320 pages.

Green Cloth Boards. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 2nd Impression. Celebration of the pioneering work of the Natural History Museum, seen through the stories of numerous eccentric individuals from the world of evolutionary science. 338pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of colour photographs plus black and white photographs to the text. Illustrated endpapers. Bronze lettering to spine. Minimal bumping to spine, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, pictorial end-papers. 338 pages. A fascinating and affectionate account of a hidden world of untold treasures, where every fragment tells a story about time past, by a scientist who combines rigorous professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility. Ownership decorative initial "P" stamped on half-title page.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second Edition.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrates colour end papers. Illustrations. Colour and b/w plates. 338 pages clean and tight. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. 'This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum aliveI want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight.' Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives. Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark on the study of evolutionary science, Richard Fortey, former senior paleaontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology 'spare' bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is a fascinating and affectionate account of a hidden world of untold treasures, where every fragment tells a story about time past, by a scientist who combines rigorous professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility. Size: 8vo.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with orange titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (ix) 338; Index; Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Black & white drawings; Illustrated endpapers and blanks; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #182531 ||.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Second Impression. FINE hardback in FINE dustwrapper. 2008 Harper Press, Second Impression. SIGNED and inscribed by the authro on title page. No other inscriptions, Not price clipped. Minor age-yellowing to page edges. NB: REGRETTABLY NOT AVAILABLE TO SEND TO EU COUNTRIES. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. Second Impression. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. 'This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains -- the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum alive!I want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight.' Behind the public facade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives. Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark on the study of evolutionary science, Richard Fortey, former senior paleaontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology -- 'spare' bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is a fascinating and affectionate account of a hidden world of untold treasures, where every fragment tells a story about time past, by a scientist who combines rigorous professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility. Ref V4.

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First edition. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Richard Fortey, former senior palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. Green cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and a little scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!