WATSON, James D.

Double Helix

Item #84002

WATSON, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. 1st ed. xvi, 226pp. Illus., photographs. Orig. cloth in priceclipped d/j. Old water stains to top and bottom of front board, small chips to d/j, else very good. First edition, first printing of Watson's (b. 1928) famed memoir of the discovery of the structure of DNA alongside Francis Crick, a work now often criticized for its erasure of Rosalind Franklin's role in the process.

Price: $500.00