Buy this book on-line Ryan, Frank, M.D : Virus X : Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and Into the FutureLittle, Brown and Company, Boston, 1997 ISBN 0316763837
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A fascinating discusson of the history of plagues, their occurence today, and their likely manifestations in the future - especially given humankind's growing population and close habitation, the deforestation of the planet and release of microbial life forms from forest floors - and what this researcher terms 'aggressive symbiosis' in which new microbial appearances offer a deadly threat to the world. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, appendix, references, indexed, 430pp. A nice copy, the jacket inside a protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ryan, Frank, M.D : Virus X : Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and Into the Future. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres anciens, antiquarian books, libri rari and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |