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MOFFAT, ALISTAIR: : THE BRITISH - A GENETIC JOURNEY

SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.BIRLINN LIMITED,2013.

ISBN 9781780270753.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,white wrap-around background with monochrome image of statue by Anthony Gormley's Another Place to lower half of front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised brown-lettered part-title and capitalised,embossed,bright, crisp gilt-lettered sub-title and capitalised, white-lettered author's name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered part-title but flat printed sub-title lettering,similarly coloured+lettered author name and publisher's white illustrated thumbnail colophon,to foot of same,rear panel with colour illustrated double helix across its top edge and critics' 4 grey+ brown-lettered reviews to a white background. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,b/w striped headband, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xvipp+3-288pp [paginated] includes separate Contents+Illustration lists/ tables,3 b/w regional maps,last map with blank reverse [all unpaginated],a Preface,Pts 1+2 comprising 6 and 4 chapters respectively,8pp of contemporary b/w+colour illustration reproductions and contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 1 block,between pp144/45,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 10-year old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of faults.                    Hidden inside all of us – every human being on Earth – is the story of our ancestry. Printed on our DNA are the origins of our lineages, the time in history and prehistory when they arose, and the epic journeys people have made across the globe.                                        Based on exciting new research involving the most wide-ranging sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat, author of the bestselling 'The Scots: A Genetic Journey', shows how all of us who live on these islands are immigrants. The last ice age erased any trace of more ancient inhabitants, and the ancestors of everyone who now lives in Britain came here after the glaciers retreated and the land greened once more.                          In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an entirely new history of Britain. Instead of the usual parade of the usual suspects– kings, queens, saints, warriors and the notorious – this is a people’s history, a narrative made from stories only DNA can tell which offers insights into who we are and where we come from.                                   Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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