Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed on the half-title page in the year publication: "To Kelley -- with hopes you find this engrossing. David Quammen, December 2012." Good/very good book only in light of an inch-long split at the lower hinge of the front board: through the outer paper, but the board holding, not separated, except for a 1/8-inch length true tear at base. Otherwise near fine, boards and pages clean, corners firm. Dust jacket very good because of a half-inch tear at top of spine on front panel. Not a perfect book, but now uncommon signed, as it has become one of the books of our times.
Published by W.W.Norton & Company, New York NY, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Starred Review- Exemplary science writer Quammen schools us in the fascinating if alarming facts about zoonotic diseases, animal infections that sicken humans, such as rabies, Ebola, influenza, and West Nile. Zoonoses can escalate rapidly into global pandemics when human-to-human transmission occurs. Booklist. This copy is a hardback, first printing, EX-LIB copy with the usual stampings, labels but is in good condition. It is signed by Quammen on the title page at the 2023 Tucson Book Festival and has a bright dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York & London, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, dated October 20, 2012. Stated first edition. Textured orange paper boards quarter bound with grey paper. Gilt lettering on spine. Very slight rubbing to bottom edges, otherwise fine. Black illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in Mylar, is not price clipped, and is in fine condition. Tight binding and clean interior. Acclaimed science writer David Quammen authored this 2012 book about how the next major pandemic would likely be caused by a virus spilling over into humans from a nonhuman animal. Based on conversations with scientists, Quammen even predicted that a novel coronavirus could prove to be the "Next Big One.". Signed by Author(s).
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed without inscription on the title page in black ink. First printing. Post pandemic, this is now one of the books of our times. Blurbs by Walter Isaacson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Carl Zimmer. Fine in fine jacket; unread and as new in mylar. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
Published by Norton, NY, 2012
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. From Quammen's website, ca. 2012: "The next big and murderous human pandemic . will be caused by a new disease -- new to humans, anyway. The bug that?s responsible will be strange, unfamiliar, but it won?t come from outer space. Odds are that the killer pathogen -- most likely a virus -- will spill over into humans from a nonhuman animal." Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Slate paper-covered spine, sienna paper-covered boards. 587 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Eight years before Covid, Quammen warned us about the dangers of zoonosis, or the cross species transfer of disease. Winner of the 2013 Science and Society Book Award, given by the National Association of Science Writers. Winner of the 2013 Society of Biology Book Award in General Biology. Finalist for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Song of the Dodo was awarded the 1997 John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the 1996 New York Public Library/Helen Bernstein Award, and the 1996 BP Natural World Book Prize. It was Selected One of the Eight Best Books of 1996 by The New York Times Book Review. Boilerplate Rhino won the 2001 PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay. Breathless is a Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Norton, New York, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393066800 ISBN 13: 9780393066807
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Norton, New York, 2012. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy (without marks or bruises or smells or any other defect). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover (not clipped, of course). Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign, no inscriptions, just the author's name directly on the title page. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Bodley Head, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1847920101 ISBN 13: 9781847920102
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A standout association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the title page to Legends of the Fall novelist Jim Harrison and his wife: "To Jim + Linda--with warm salutes and veneration from across the hill. David Q, 10/24/11." Also laid in is a three-sentence handwritten note (ALS) to Harrison on Quammen's personal stationary (8 x 10") conveying the book. After the pandemic, this prescient investigation is now one of the books of our times. A nice connection between Montana writers, and an unusual copy for being the British edition, which is scarce signed. A near fine book with one dogeared page where the note is laid in and a touch of waviness to the text block (very modest); in a near fine jacket with rubbing, slight edge wear, and some light creasing to spine crown. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.