Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. 1st US 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Very Fine. Large, sturdy book, blue covers, bright gilt lettering on spine, a facsimile manuscript on inside covers and adjacent end papers, a large piece of top right of first front end paper neatly cut off, possibly to remove owner's name and address, 432 pages including a stiff glossy photo section plus other illustrations and a map. DJ beneath mylar, a color portrait of Smithson on front and spine top, a larger portrait in black and white on all of back of young Smithson with dog. Stamped "Withdrawn" at top of first front end paper. Very Fine DJ/Near Good book. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury USA. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover Ex-library copy with no library pocket and few librry marks in book. us hist.
[San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Bloomsbury USA, April Date: 2007. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover 2007. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Bloomsbury USA 2007 Hardcover Very Good jacket First Edition. First Printing. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Color and b/w Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

New York: Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. (2007), 432pp, illus., gift note to tp in pencil, light rubbing to dj.. First American. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

London: Bloomsbury. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 2007. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 432 pp. . 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

bloomsbury books, Date: 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. not ex-library copy.. hardcover edition with dustjacket..text unmarked..NOT EX-LIB...binding is solid.. stated first edition, first printing with complete number line starting with number 1.. 2007. bloomsbury books ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

New York: Bloomsbury. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. [Date: 2007]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1596910291 . Would be fine/as new but for a few tiny stains on fore edge. ; BW and color plates; 1.6 x 9.7 x 6.3 Inches; 432 pages . 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

London: Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. First American Edition edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 24.5 cm. ... Hardcover, very good condition, w. v. lightly slanted, v. ltly compressed sp. V. ltly tanned p. edges. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj very good, ltly rubbed, sme lt marks. Sme v. lt edgwr, bending at top and bottom. In new mylar Brodart jacket. Boards . ISBN: 1596910291. Catalogs: Science. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; . . Hardcover. Bloomsbury USA, 2007. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. . ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Used - isbn: 1596910291 - isbn13: 9781596910294 Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA

London and New York: Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. 432 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The first ever biography of James Smithson, the Englishman who bequeathed his fortune to establish Washington's Smithsonian Institute -- the largest museum and research complex in the world -- without ever having set foot in the United States. In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift -- a bequest of 104,960 gold sovereigns (then worth half a million dollars) to establish a foundation in Washington 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.' The Smithsonian Institution, as it would eventually be called, grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet it owes its existence to an Englishman who never set foot in the United States, and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than a hundred and fifty years. Smithson lived a restless life in the capitals of Europe during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; at one time he was trailed by the French secret police, and later languished as a prisoner of war in Denmark for four long years. Yet despite a certain a penchant for gambling and fine living, he had, by the time of his death in Paris in 1829, amassed a financial fortune and a wealth of scientific papers that he left to the new democracy America. ...

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [GB]

Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; Hardcover. Bloomsbury USA, 2007. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. . ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA April 2007] Hardcover
[Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

New York: Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007. This Stated First U.S. Edition (and if it isn't stated, it's not) is also a First Printing, with the required "number line" starting with a "1". The illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland, James Smithson's love of science and invention illustrates the late 18th Century culture that science held the promise of transforming society. Smithson was also the man who left his fortune to be founded in Washington an "establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," which was the Birth of the Smithsonian Institution, even though Smithson had never set foor in the U.S. The book includes color and black-and-white inserts and an extensive Index. The book is bound in blue boards with die-stamped gilt spine titles. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 432 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

USA: Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. First Edition/First Printing. Fine condition. Brodart protected. Ships in a box.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007-04-02. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. 1st edition, 1st printing. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition The story of James Smithson and his mysterious bequest to found in Washington, DC, "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men". This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. DJ shows only minor shelf wear with no rubbing or soiling and is not price clipped. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square with no fading on boards. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.
[Potomac, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]