Escape from Extinction – Frederic C Rich
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Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Escape from Extinction: An Eco-Genetic Novel by Frederic C Rich in a price-clipped dust jacket. First US Edition stated, 2020 Vector Books. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a square spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly strong spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price cut off the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

As Escape from Extinction opens, the last Neanderthal dies in a cave on the Iberian Peninsula. 30,000 years later, the naturalist Muir O’Brien, hunting deep in the Oregon wilderness, spots a fern believed to be extinct since the end of the last ice age. His discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the visionary and narcissistic Leo Bonelli, founder of the world’s most successful biotech company.

Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.