(New York): Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, USA] Hardcover First Edition First Edition/First Printing. Fine condition. Brodart protected. Ships in a box.
[Grottoes, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Bloomsbury USA 2007-04-02 hardcover Good Size: 6x1x9;

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2007 Hard cover Fine SIGNED by author. Fine book & jacket. Inscribed.

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.
[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, New York, NY] Hardcover NYC: Bloomsbury, 2007. 1st American edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Textual b & w illustrations, 12 in color 2maps. Includes genealogy chart, source notes and index. James Smithson (1765-1829) was an illegitimate son of the then Duke of Northumberland. When he died, he left his entire fortune to the people of the United States (without ever having been there) to "found in Washington, DC, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The story of how this came to be is told in this fascinating book. Nice copy.
[Novato, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

NY Bloomsbury 2007 First Edition (1st printing), Hardcover New in New jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall This is aNew and Unead copy of the first edition (1st printing)

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury, NYC., 2007. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
[Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. 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, . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

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

Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; Hardcover. Overall, a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected with a new clear archival cover. Bloomsbury USA, 2007. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. . ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

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]

NYNY Bloomsbury 2007 Hardcover Edition Hardcover Illustrated Very Good in Very Good jacket Clean tight strong fresh jacket boards text-No remainder or other markings. Size: 8vo.

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. ...

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, NYNY] Hardcover Clean tight strong fresh jacket boards text- No remainder or other markings. Size: 8vo
[Wakefield, RI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Used - isbn: 1596910291 - isbn13: 9781596910294 Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition Like New HB with Light Bump on Bottom Edge
[Marietta, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

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]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007-04-03. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

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]

New York: Bloomsbury. Hardcover. Date: 2007. 1st Edition. 8vo 432pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Chronicles the life of James Smithson as a scientist, suspected spy, gambler, radical revolutionary, and philanthropist, telling the story of his remarkable bequest and the controversy it spawned . 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC] Hardcover First Edition
[New Castle, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Date: 2007. First edition. Hard cover. Like New/Fine. 2007. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

New York Bloomsbury [2007] First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Fine dust jacket 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.