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Hardcover, full decorative dark blue leather. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. xxix, 259 pages. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition, published by Easton Press, 2002. One of 1,375 copies, signed by author James D. Watson, with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and Collector’s Notes laid-in loose. “Genes, Girls and Gamow takes up the story of Watson’s life from where The Double Helix [also published by The Easton Press in a limited, signed edition (2000)] finishes, the announcement of the double helix in the journal Nature in April 1953. The diary-like entries describe with freshness and immediacy Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments on the role of RNA in biology, and falling in love. The book is enlivened by copies of hand-written letters from the larger-than-life, Russian-born theoretician George Gamow, who had made major contributions to physics but, in this period, was also intrigued by genes, RNA, and the elusive genetic code.” [from the trade edition dust-jacket]. A pristine copy, gift quality, new is shrink wrap.