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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Winchester, Simon
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Librería
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harpercollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (2001). Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0060193611 . Book and unclipped DJ as new. Yellow paper over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is sound tight and straight. Corners are sharp. DJ is clean and without signs of wear. The DJ has replicas of maps incorporated as foldout. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. DJ now in Brodart archival sleeve, which can easily be removed to view the fold-out maps. ; 8.5 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 329 pages .
Sinopsis
Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.
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Detalles
- Librería
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 17942
- Título
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Autor
- Winchester, Simon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edición
- Fourth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Editorial
- Harpercollins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- (2001)
- Palabras clave
- 0060193611
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Geology; History of Science;
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Sobre el vendedor
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
Sobre James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- Brodart
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Fine
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