ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover 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!
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury Usa, New York, New York] Hardcover First Edition Stated First U. S. Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Index, Picture Credits And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. There Is A Small Faint Damp Stain At The Spine Tips.
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
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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]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition 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!
[Eatonton, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition, cloth, x, 432 pp., maps, illustrations, notes, index; very good,clean copy, tight binding, dust jacket included.
[Rensselaer Falls, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition Book is in "Near Fine" condition with no marks or page folds. The Dust jacket is in "Very Good" condition being bumped at the top of the spine and the front right corner. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS8652 022020
[Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

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]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, London and New York] Hardcover First Edition 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 ...
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Bloomsbury USA 2007-04-02 hardcover Good Size: 6x1x9;

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.

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 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 First edition. Hard cover Like New in Fine jacket

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 USA 2007-04-03 Hardcover New Size: 100x20x152; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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!

(New York) Bloomsbury 2007 Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket 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.

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 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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