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About this title: The metaphor of Mount Improbable is represented in the combination of perfection and improbability, which is epitomized in the seemingly 'designed' perfection of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to perfection takes time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkin's eloquent descriptions of natural perfections such as the teeming populations of figs, the intricate silken world of spiders, and the evolution of wings on the bodies of flightless animals ...
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Richard Dawkins; Illustrator-Lalla Ward
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1997-09
ISBN-13: 9780393316827
ISBN: 0393316823
Description: Very Good. Light wear visible. Pages and text are clean and have no markings. Firm binding. Available immediately. PSY. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Richard Dawkins; Illustrator-Lalla Ward
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1997-09
ISBN-13: 9780393316827
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Richard Dawkins
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780393316827
ISBN: 0393316823
Description: New. Trade paperback. NEW NEW NEW; never read; never sold. In sealed plastic protection. 1997. Trade paperback. read more
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Climbing mount improbable.
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Dawkins, Richard
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13: 9780140179187
ISBN: 0140179186
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, light slant to book. 320p.; 20 cm. Originally published: London: Viking, 1996. Includes index. Bibliography. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First edition. 1st American ed.
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 340 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1st printing America, 1996
Description: Very Good+/Very Good+ hard cover. 8vo, boards, 340pp, illus. edgewear dust jacket. slight shelfwear. science. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Very Good. 0393039307 Norton hardcover w/dj, 1996, 1st U.S. edition/1st printing, Quarter cloth, dj price $25.00, clean/tight & unmarked, only slight wear...Fine-/Near Fine...Not a remainder, book club or ex-lib junk. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, NY
Date Published: 1996
Description: Nr Fine in Nr Fine DJ, 1st printing. xii, 340. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Lalla Ward. As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Printing. This copy is in excellent, as new condition, suitable for a gift. 340 pages. Richard Dawkins has a gift for explaining natural science to a popular audience. In this book he explains how the seemingly incredible perfection of natural design came about through infinitely slow gradual changes, by cumulative adaptation. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Binding is Boards
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Both book and dustjacket are very slightly rubbed at extremities else clean, straight and tight. Now in acid-free Brodart. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Book in excellent condition, a few slight smudges on front of pages, slight shelf wear to DJ. Sewn binding. Paper and cloth over boards. 340 pgs., bibliography, index. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Richard Dawkins
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. There is a yellow magic marker line on bottom of pages, otherwise this book could be called Like New. Within 2 days. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable (Penguin Science)
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Richard Dawkins
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13: 9780140179187
ISBN: 0140179186
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 1996
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: Stated 1st American Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: W.W. Northon, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Illustrated. 8vo-9 1/2" tall. 340pp. DJ. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0393039307. Stated First American Edition. Complete number line. Gift quality. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1996-09
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13: 9780393316827
ISBN: 0393316823
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
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Date Published: 1996
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Date Published: 1996
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, Richard
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Company, New York and London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
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Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First US Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover; cloth backed boards; gilt spine titles; 340pp.; illustrated in b/w; very light edgewear to jacket, else clean and crisp. read more
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Dawkins, R.
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Date Published: 1996-09
ISBN-13: 9780393039306
ISBN: 0393039307
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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