Dna Signed by Watson (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Many illustrations, including George Kelvin's beautiful paintings illustrating the DNA story. (illustrator). 1st Edition. A First Edition, First Impression hardback, (1-9 number line) 1981, in Fine condition- both book and wrapper (protected). Printed in the U.S.A. Grey linen-type covers with text in blue to spine and upper board. Quarto size (c.11 in.), 605pp., illustrated throughout with document facsimiles and explanatory diagrams in colour. Signed to title page: "With best regards John" (i.e. John Tooze of the European Molecular Biology Organization). Illustrated timescale: 1871-1981; full page colour visualizations of Double Helix / DNA. Really a massive illustrated document/article Bibliography of the DNA story including the gene cloning debate. Blurb: "A three-part documentary that provides a visual, historical and scientific perspective on the DNA story". Also a useful scientific background text. Like New condition. Heavy book, there may be a small additional postage charge for international mailing. 20% price reduction applied. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DNA. The Secret of Life by James Watson. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page 'To Joe from Jim Watson'. This book is in very good condition. The black boards have minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The silvered titling on t he spine is bright. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. A previous owner has written a dedication on the ffep. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with some bumping to the edges and general light shelfwear marks. There are no tears or chips. The dust jacket has been price clipped. Note this is a heavy book at approximately 1.5Kg. As the final weight including packaging may well exceed 2Kg, the delivery costs will exceed the minimum shown. Purchase of this book therefore requires the purchaser to be prepared to pay the extra postage if necessary. Please discuss before final purchase is agreed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE JAMES D. WATSON directly on the title page with NO inscription. A lovely first edition in near-fine condition. Looks terrific in new mylar. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author. Signed.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Autographed by author, James Watson. (Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1962). XIV, 446 p; 24 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Signed by author. Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 446 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with blue and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$39.95". Minor shelf wear. Interior pages clean. Signed by Watson on title page. Shelved Case 10. 1396635. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First Scribner Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, 226 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white and maroon with maroon lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$25.00". Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed by Watson on logo page. Shelved Case 10. 1395496. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Beautiful, unread copy of the first edition of this important work by the Nobel-Prize winning Scientist. Signed on a bookplate affixed to the half title. With the holograph dust jacket. 446 pp. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed by Watson in his small neat hand on front free endpaper with brief personalization "for Nicole". NEAR FINE in like jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Author's Signature only. Winner of the Nobel Prize A First edition, First printing. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by James Watson on the Title page. Author's Signature only. Winner of the Nobel Prize A First edition, First printing. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Association copy, inscribed on the title page in the Nobel Prize winner's small script: "For Eric and Tania Idle, from Jim Watson." Eric Idle is theEnglish actor, comedian, musician and writer best (and very hilariously) known as a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python. Laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) on ColdSpring HarborLaboratorystationary, roughly 4 x 7", dated July 2003. Conveying the book, it's addressed to Tania, Eric Idle's wife, and is seven sentences in all, perhaps mostintriguingly: "Being, like you, on Paul Allen's super St. Petersburg weekend was a once in a lifetime experience." Sounds fun. It also mentionsenclosing two short speeches but those are no longer present. Watson's first bookThe Double Helix (1968), telling the story of his and Crick's discovery of DNA,remains one of the most successful science memoirs of all time. Thirty five years late,DNA: The Secret Life, serves as layman's introduction and a longview: "Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals."A fine book, quarto in blue cloth, color illustrations and photos throughout. In a near fine jacket with a nifty, elegant hologram plate at center (as you shift your perspective, the image changes from a double helix to a bee foraging on flowers); it has a paper clip impression at the top of the rear panel. The letter is fine, once folded in three.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Printing. Signed "James Watson" on title page in blue ink. Signature wa obtained in person on May 05, 2003 at Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena, California USA. ***From the Publisher*** Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution - from Mendel's garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson's lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why "like begets like" before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today - with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things - came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule's graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition - from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies - and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of bigbusiness as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist's awe at nature's marvels and a humanist's profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Printing. Inscribed "James D. Watson / 25 August 2000" on half title page in black ink. James D. Watson is best known for his discovery of the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), for which he shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They proposed that the DNA molecule takes the shape of a double helix, an elegantly simple structure that resembles a gently twisted ladder. The rails of the ladder are made of alternating units of phosphate and the sugar deoxyribose; the rungs are each composed of a pair of nitrogen- containing nucleotides. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928, Dr. Watson received a B.S. (1947) from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. (1950) from Indiana University, both in zoology. Following a National Research Fellowship in Copenhagen and a National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, England, he spent two years at the California Institute of Technology. He jointed the Harvard faculty in 1 955 and became Professor in 1961, resigning in 1976 to become full-time director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory . In 1988 he was appointed Associate Director for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health. In 1989 he was appointed Director of the National Center for Human Genome Research at the NIH. In 1992, Dr. Watson resigned his position at NCHGR after successfully launching a worldwide effort to map and sequence the human genome. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Oversized hardcover with DJ. Black paper over boards with gray lettering on spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2003. Stated First Edition. 446 pages. DJ glossy with holographic image on front cover. U.S.A. $39.95/Canada $59.95 price printed at top right corner of front flap of DJ. Color photograph of the author on rear flap of DJ. Boards are very lightly faded at top edge but are otherwise tidy. Gray lettering on spine is neat and legible. Multiple black and white as well as color photographs throughout. Also includes multiple scientific diagrams. Text is clean and legible. Binding secure with no missing pages. Very Good Condition. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Original cloth. Very Good, in dust jacket. First Edition. SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON. Signed by Author(s).

Leather Bound. Condition: Like New. Brand new signed edition still in publisher's shrink wrap. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Softcover. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo, 143 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Wear to covers. Slight water staining to top edge of text block. Age toning to edges of text block and interior pages. Signed by Watson on title page. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 10. 1396716. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 226 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine red with black and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$5.95". Minor chipping to edges and corners of dust jacket. Age toning to edges of boards. Minor staining to edges of text block. Inscription from previous owner to front free endpaper. Small stain to front free endpaper. Signed by Watson on title page. Top edge of text block dyed yellow. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 10. 1396717. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Watson / 1968 / (Signed by Watson) The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA (Safe 4, 103929) Octavo. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in blind on front cover and in gilt on spine (lightly rubbed, faint toning to top edge). Original unclipped dust jacket designed by Jeanyee Wong (spine sunned, minor soiling, short closed tear at front cover). Yellow topstain. Red endpapers. Dated ownership inscription on recto of first integral leaf. Signed by James Watson ("Jim Watson") on title page. [2], xvi, 226, [12] pp. First edition, signed by Watson James Watson's The Double Helix sparked controversy even before publication the Harvard Corporation vetoed the Harvard University Press's decision to publish, wary of Watson's potentially libelous characterizations, such as in his introduction of Francis Crick in Chapter One: "I never saw Francis Crick in a modest mood." Atheneum Press then took on the publication of the book, which Watson, a fan of Graham Greene, intended to be as exciting to read as a novel. Controversy continued with criticism of Watson's colored account of Rosalind Franklin and, in parts, his and Crick's less-than-scrupulous acquisition of data. New York: Atheneum Press, 1968. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1 leaf, xvi, 226 pp; illus. Original cloth. Spine sunned. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON TO SALVADOR LURIA AND ZELLA LURIA: "To my greatest supporters/ Salva and Zella/ Jim/ Jim". NOTE: A brief essay on the greatness of this copy, so you know why it costs more than other signed copies. Prior to about 2000 it was not easy to get a signed copy of Watson's The Double Helix. Watson would not even accept money from booksellers for his signature. But then Watson wrote three books between 2001 and 2007 and went on book signing tours for each one. He signed not only his new book, but also other books, including copies of the first edition of The Double Helix. Ever since then, the market has been plentifully supplied with signed copies of The Double Helix. You can even buy copies signed by both Watson and Crick, or all three Nobel laureates from 1962: Watson, Crick, and Wilkins. BUT very few of these signed copies goes back to 1968 when The Double Helix was published, and none of them is a presentation copy to someone who mattered in Watson's scientific career. Except this copy is. After graduating from the University of Chicago, Watson chose to go to Indiana University for graduate school, where Salvador Luria became his adviser. Luria was a member of the "phage group", and it was through Luria that Watson, while still a grad student, became a member of that group, which included Max Delbrück and others who were the first generation of molecular biologists. This copy of The Double Helix is the one Watson presented to Salvador Luria and his wife Zella, with a very personal statement: "To my greatest supporters". Watson signed his name twice, presumably because he was presenting the copy to two people. I won't argue with someone who claims a copy presented by Watson to Max Delbrück or to Francis Crick would be better (I do not know where those copies are). But the connection between Watson and Luria precedes either of those relationships. In the year after The Double Helix was published, Salvador Luria shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 with Max Delbrück and Alfred D. Hershey "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses." The blue cloth of this book is very prone to sunning. The dust jacket on this copy was discarded at some point, with the inevitable result that the spine is sunned. I mention this only because, even though someone could now add a dust jacket to this copy, as soon as an added dust jacket is removed, it will be obvious that it was not part of this copy from birth. A dust jacket would have prevented the sunning (except maybe at the very top and bottom of the spine where sunning has still occurred on some copies that have had their dust jackets from birth). Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original wrappers. Name of former owner (J. M. Moulton) written in ink on each front wrapper (see photo). "DNA Watson" written with marking pen on each spine (see photo). Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON in each magazine issue on the first page of the excerpt from The Double Helix (see photos). Serialized portions of The Double Helix prior to its publication in book form. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1 leaf, xvi, 226 pp; illus. Original cloth. Swedish postage stamp honoring Crick, Watson, and Wilkins for the Nobel Prize in 1962 is pasted to title page. Wilkins's inscription is partly on the stamp. Very Good, in dust jacket. Third Impression of British Edition. The following pages are signed or annotated: 1. Title page: SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATES JAMES D. WATSON, FRANCIS CRICK, MAURICE WILKINS ("with best wishes/ Maurice Wilkins/ April 2003"), AND BY RAYMOND GOSLING. 2. p. 214: SIGNED BY FRANCIS CRICK AND JAMES D. WATSON UNDER THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THEM STANDING BY THEIR DNA MODEL (opposite p. 214). 3. p. 18 SIGNED BY MAURICE WILKINS UNDER HIS PHOTOGRAPH (opposite p. 18). 4. Annotated by Raymond G. Gosling about Rosalind Franklin (under her photograph opposite p. 70): "She had wonderfully lustrous dark eyes. I found her very attractive, as did most everyone who worked with her. She had a strong personality and did not suffer fools gladly. Her powers of concentration were quite fierce and she could get done in a day what other people might have taken several to achieve. Raymond Gosling Sept. 2003". 5. Annotated by Raymond G. Gosling about X-ray photograph of crystalline DNA in the A form (under photograph opposite p. 72): "The pattern that 'kick started' the whole story. A multifibre (about 35) specimen made by Wilkins & myself and taken on a conventional Rayniax tube in the basement of King s College London. This pattern was one shewn by Maurice at the Naples meeting. The A form was obtained serendipitously by my regulating the Hydrogen into the camera by bubbling thru' water--hence ~92% RH. Raymond Gosling. Sept. 2003." 6. Annotated by Raymond G. Gosling about X-ray photograph of DNA in the B form, taken by Rosalind Franklin late in 1952 (under photograph opposite p. 169): "As Rosalind's assistant I actually 'took' this X-ray pattern. Since we were working closely together the overall strategy was Rosalind's. Therefore the importance attributed to some--as to who 'took' the photograph--is inappropriate. R G Gosling Sept. 2003." NOTE: I have included photos of everything signed or annotated, except for Maurice Wilkins's signature under his photo (opposite p. 18). I have a photo of that signature, too, which I will supply on request, but ABE allows only 5 photos per listing. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. Signed 'J. D. Watson' on p. 109. Other contributors include Lederberg, A.H. Sturtevant, R. Hotchkiss, et al. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 45, Suppl. 2, May 1955. Signed by Author(s).

James D.Watson.A Passion for DNA.Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000. First edition. Signed by James Watson. Octavo. 250pp (indexed). Publisher's black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in silver, original unclipped dust jacket. . Lower front cover gently bumped, else fine.

Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. "A Passion for DNA" first edition, first printing, signed book. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. Soft cover, 6" x 9", 250 pages. Signed in black ink on the title page "James D. Watson." In excellent condition, with a hint of subtle wear to covers.

American molecular biologist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Signed typescript of an interview. 1 page. 8.5" x 11." Signed "James D. Watson." The interview reads, in part: "Q: How do you view the concern that DNA techniques could take us closer to selective breeding of humans and similar genetic experimentation? Watson: I don't really know anyone who's thinking of these techniques to breed a superrace. We're just hoping that we can cure a lot of diseases. For instance, we don't understand the real causes of mental diseases. Through the recombinant DNA procedures, hopefully, we're going to get at the real causes of many serious mental diseases. If we know the causes, then we may be better able to treat the people." Watson states a lot more on DNA. Fascinating content from one of the founders of the Human Genome Project. In excellent condition.