Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [GB]

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

HarperCollins Publishers, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2003. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

USA William Morrow 2003 first Hardcover Very good in very good dust jacket. Stated first edition with full number line, text and pages unmarked, binding tight, not price clipped, dust jacket has slight wear on edges and at corners.

William Morrow, Date: 2003-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Tan paper covered boards with brown cloth spine and gold spine titles; mild wear; jacket has light edge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 298 pages. 2003. William Morrow ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

NY, NY William Morrow 2003 First Edition Hardcover Illustrated Very Good in Very Good jacket 'james smithson, john quincy adams, and the making of america's greatest museum, the smithsonian" Clean tight fresh. One careful reader. No remainder or other markings. Good jacket also. Size: 8vo.

ISBN10: 0060002417, ISBN13: 9780060002411, [publisher: William Morrow, NY,NY] Hardcover First Edition 'james smithson, john quincy adams, and the making of america's greatest museum, the smithsonian" Clean tight fresh. One careful reader. No remainder or other markings. Good jacket also. Size: 8vo
[Wakefield, RI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, Date: 2003. Remainder. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Small remainder mark on the bottom edge.. 2003. William Morrow & Co ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

New York: William Morrow, Date: 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 298 pages, b/w plates, notes, bibliography; 8vo, tan/brown boards. James Smithson, John Quincy Adams and the making of the Smithsonian. Fine in a fine dust jacket, Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980. 2003. William Morrow ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

William Morrow, Date: 2003-09-30. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2003. William Morrow ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

New York, NY: William Morrow. As New/As New. Date: 2003. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0060002417 US HIST-NEW regular size hardcover in its jacket. off white/gray w/red & white lettering . 2003. William Morrow ISBN 0060002417 9780060002411 [US]

Morrow 2003 First Edition Hard Cover Good. Slightly Frayed DJ 298pp Illus "James Smithson, John Quincey Adams, and the making of America's greatest museum, the Smithsonian." Marginal notes throughout, small stain on front cover. Remainder mark on bottom edge.

New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, Date: 2003. [ix], 298 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In her illuminating and dramatic biography The Stranger and the Statesman, Nina Burleigh reveals a little-known slice of social and intellectual history in the life and times of the man responsible for the creation of the United States' principal cultural institution, the Smithsonian. It was one of the nineteenth century's greatest philanthropic gifts -- and one of its most puzzling mysteries. In 1829, a wealthy English naturalist named James Smithson left his library, mineral collection, and entire fortune to the 'United States of America, to found . . . an establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men' -- even though he had never visited the United States or known any Americans. In this fascinating book, Burleigh pieces together the reclusive benefactor's life, beginning with his origins in the splendidly dissipated eighteenth-century aristocracy as the Paris-born bastard son of the first Duke of Northumberland and a wild adventuress who preserved for her son a fortune through gall and determination. The book follows Smithson through his university years and his passionate study of minerals across the European continent during the chaos of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed are his ...

ISBN10: 0060002417, ISBN13: 9780060002411, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover First Edition 298pp Notes, bibliography, index. Extraordinary life of the Englishman who made the donation that enabled the start of the Smithsonian Institute. (loc 1066/1)
[Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0060002417, ISBN13: 9780060002411, [publisher: William Morrow] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]