Bloomsbury USA 2007-04-02 First Edition hardcover Like New Size: 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!

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Bloomsbury USA 2007 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Bloomsbury USA 2007 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Bloomsbury USA 2007 hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Bloomsbury USA 2007 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Bloomsbury USA 2007 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 First edition. Hard cover Like New in Fine jacket

Bloomsbury USA 2007-04-03 Hardcover Very Good Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Very good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition. Sticker on front free end page.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 Hard cover Very Good SIGNED/INSCRIBED! New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2007. 1st US edition. Sm 4to. x, 432pp. Illus. Inscribed by author on title page: "Dear Jim, From one admirer of James Smithson to another-with all best wishes / Heather Ewing / May 2011." Near Fine book. Very Good dust jacket. From the library of political advisor and former Director of the CIA Robert James Woolsey Jr. (scientists, Great Britain, biographies) Inquire if you need further information.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 Hard cover Like New Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

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New York Bloomsbury 2007 First U. S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated] Hardcover Very good in very good jacket xi, 432, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Genealogy Chart. Notes. Index. James Smithson, MA, FRS (c. 1765-27 June 1829) was an English chemist and mineralogist. He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithson was the illegitimate child of the 1st Duke of Northumberland, and was born secretly in Paris, on an unknown date, possibly in the Pentemont Abbey, as Jacques-Louis Macie (later altered to James Louis). Eventually, he was naturalized in England and attended university, studying chemistry and mineralogy at Pembroke College, Oxford. At the age of twenty-two, he changed his surname from Macie to Smithson, his father's pre-marriage surname. Smithson traveled extensively throughout Europe publishing papers about his findings. Considered a talented amateur in his field, Smithson maintained an inheritance he acquired from his mother and other relatives. Smithson never married and had no children; therefore, when he wrote his will, he left his estate to his nephew, or his nephew's family if his nephew died before Smithson. If his nephew was to die without heirs, however, Smithson's will stipulated that his estate be used "to found in Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." In 1835, his nephew died and so could ...

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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury] Hardcover First Edition 432pp. Blue hardback with DJ, VG, stated First U.S. Edition, index, appendix, b&w and color photos and illustrations, Biography of James Smithson and the creation of the Smithsonian Museum,
[Columbus, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, New York] Hardcover First Edition (2007), 432pp, illus., gift note to tp in pencil, light rubbing to dj.
[Oil City, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, New York] Hardcover First Edition A beautiful first printing of this first edition copy in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author Heather Ewing directly on the title page; In the mid 1830s, Englishman James Smithson had left all his fortune to found in Washington, '"an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men". Heather Ewing masterfully portraits Smithson and the birth of one of the largest museums and research complexes in the world at the beginning of the 21st century ; 8vo; Signed by Author
[Summerville, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.
[Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury] Hardcover Very Good/Very Good (37475) . 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. 432
[Lexington, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, London] Hardcover First Edition 8vo, 432 pp.
[Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, New York] Hardcover First Edition A Near Fine first American edition/first printing with little aging housed in an alike dust-jacket with mild scuffing and a small tear on the lower edge of the spine; In 1829, American scientist and inventor James Smithson died without leaving a will. His death left his vast inheritance to the United States as a national museum, the Smithsonian Institution. This book tells the story of how Smithson's legacy became the Smithsonian and the impact of his work on American science and culture.; 8vo; 432 pages
[Summerville, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, (New York)] Hardcover First Edition First American edition. Octavo. 432pp. Blue paper boards. Illustrated with black and white and color plates, maps. Boards very slightly bowed else about fine in a fine dustwrapper.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury] Hardcover First Edition First printing, very good + hardcover shows touch of soil to covers and page edges including a couple of light soil smudges at fore edge of a couple of pages and some other very light trace wear, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a hint of exposure toning along spine and touch of edgewear. 432 pages with index and illustrations in black & white and a set of color plates. Still a pleasing copy of this work that ".paints the fullest picture to date of James Smithson and his compelling story."
[Helena, MT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
[Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury] Hardcover First Edition 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.
[New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]