Bloomsbury USA. Collectible - 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 ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition 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.
[Frederick, MD, 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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New York: Bloomsbury. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 2007. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1596910291 . 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 . 2007. Bloomsbury ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

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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[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover
[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

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 ...

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury, New York] Hardcover First Edition 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 ...

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007. 1st US . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st U.S. edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, blue covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, facsimile of manuscript inside covers and adjacent end papers, 432 pages, glossy color-illustrations throughout. DJ glossy beneath mylar with close-up color portrait on front, b/w illustration of man and dog on back with quotation from Smithson. DJ and book, both As New. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007-04-03. Hardcover. New. As new clean tight and bright Please email for photos. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2007-04-03. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition. Sticker on front free end page. 2007. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1596910291 9781596910294 [US]

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition. Sticker on front free end page.
[Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Please see photos. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking. n 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift―a half-million dollar bequest to establish a foundation in Washington "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Smithsonian Institution, as it would be called, eventually grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet the man behind what became "America's attic," James Smithson, has remained a shadowy figure for more than 150 years.Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from across Europe and the United States, historian Heather Ewing tells his compelling story in full. The illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland, Smithson was the youngest member of Britain's Royal Society and a talented chemist admired by the greatest scientists of his age. At the same time, however, he was also a suspected spy, an inveterate gambler, and a radical revolutionary during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars. But at the heart of Smithson's story is his bequest―worth $9 million in today in today's currency―which sparked an international lawsuit and a decade-long congressional battle, featuring a dizzying cast of historical figures, including John Quincy Adams, and Alexander Graham Bell, both of whom grappled with how―and even whether―to put Smithson's endowment to use.Fascinating and ...

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA April 3, 2007, New York] Hardcover First Edition [New York]: Bloomsbury 2007. Hardcover. 1596910291 . First US edition. This copy has been inscribed, signed and dated in the year of issue ["April 2007"] by the author on the title page. 432+ pages, illustrated [including maps], appendix: genealogy chart, notes, picture credits, acknowledgments, index. Near Fine copy very light spine end bumping in fine jacket. See photos clphE
[North Providence, RI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]
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New York, N.Y., USA Bloomsbury USA 2007 1st Edition Hardcover New in New jacket Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY.

ISBN10: 1596910291, ISBN13: 9781596910294, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA, New York, N.Y., USA] Hardcover First Edition First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY
[Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

New York: Bloomsbury, Date: 2007. First U. S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 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, ...

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[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

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

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[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

(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.