ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion] Hardcover A biography of an American legend reveals the ambitious, uneducated, contradictory man behind the myths--a man obsessed with knowledge. By the author of To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, The Doctor-Poet. 25,000 first printing. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
[Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

UsedGood. The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. Fast shipping and order satisfaction guaranteed. A portion of your purchase benefits Non-Profit Organizations, First Aid and Fire Stations! ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion, February Date: 1995. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion Books. Used - Acceptable. No dust jacket. Very Good or better condition. Hardcover Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Hyperion Press ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. Date: 1995. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786860413 . Price clipped jacket; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches; 544 pages . 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion February 1995] Hardcover Dust jacket has been price clipped, dust jacket has shelf wear.
[Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

U.S.A.: Hyperion, Date: 1995. Jacket is in brodart, light wear. Boards have light wear. Usual library/discard markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Bep missing.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion Books, Date: 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1995. Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion Books, Date: 1995-02. Hardcover. Good. 1995. Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

New York: Hyperion, Date: 1995. stated 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-7868-6041-3. Indexed. Roger Rosenblatt blurb. Nonfiction bythe poet. Miniscule crunch to lower fore-edge b/w photos. near fine, fine dj, green cloth w/ charcoal bds. Clean, tight 531 pgs 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion, Date: 1995. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, book club edition, binding tight, pages bright, a very nice copy! 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion] Softcover The first biography to assess both Edison's remarkable accomplishments as well as take thorough measure of the paradoxes of his character. Drawn upon unprecedented access to Edison family papers and years of research at the Edison corporate headquarters. Notes, index. B&W illus. 531p.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion, New York] Hardcover First Edition Very Good/Very Good. No personal marks. No internal markings of any kind. Dust jacket price clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
[Henniker, NH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
Show/Hide image

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion] Hardcover Ancien livre de bibliothèque. Edition 1995. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de ce livre à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Edition 1995. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.
[Morangis, France] [Publication Year: 1995]

New York: Hyperion, Date: 1995. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrtated with photographs. First edition, first printing with number line intact. 531pp., Index. No name, no book-plate, etc. An as new copy in a very fine, near as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Hyperion, Date: 1995. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Edition 1995. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations. 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [FR]

Hyperion. Used - Very Good. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [CA]

Hyperion Books, Date: 1995. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. 1995. Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, Date: 1995. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 1995. Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

Stated First Edition with complete print line. Tight, clean, unmarked with minor wear around the edges of the dust jacket. Date: 1995. Hyperion Books ISBN 0786860413 9780786860418 [US]

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion] Hardcover First Edition Stated first edition. First printing. Clipped, mylar protected dust jacket. Like new condition.
[Gillette, WY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
Show/Hide image

ISBN10: 0786860413, ISBN13: 9780786860418, [publisher: Hyperion, New york] Hardcover 8vo pp.531
[Edmonton, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1995]

New York: Hyperion, Date: 1995. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. x, 531, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some page and edge soiling noted. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. Neil Baldwin is the author of a variety of books on various topics related to history and culture, and a professor at Montclair State University. Baldwin earned a B.A. in English from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was the editor of The Niagara Magazine between 1974 and 1982, and worked for the New York Public Library between 1984 and 1989. He was the director of the National Book Foundation from its founding in 1989 until 2003. The genius of America's most prolific inventor, Thomas Edison, is widely acknowledged, and Edison himself has become an almost mythic figure. But how much do we really know about the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the genius who gave us electric light? Neil Baldwin gives us a complex portrait of the inventor himself--both myth and man--and a multifaceted account of the intellectual climate of the country he worked in and irrevocably changed. Derived from a Kirkus review: This new biography attempts not only to chronicle Edison's achievements but to set him in the context of his time. Thomas Edison remains, more than 60 years after his death, the quintessential American genius. The electric light alone earned him a ...

New York: Hyperion, Date: 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Later printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. 1995. Hyperion ISBN 0786860413 US