SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON

WATSON, James D. A Passion for DNA. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, (2000). Octavo, original black paper boards, original dust jacket.    $1000.

First edition, signed on the title page by Watson.

The Nobel Prize-winner and best-selling author discusses his early years leading up to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, as well as his later years as science manager of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in addition to addressing the social ramifications of the Human Genome Project.

A fine copy.