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Nairn In Darkness and Light
de Thomson, David
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Good/Not Applicable
- ISBN 10
- 0099599902
- ISBN 13
- 9780099599906
- Librería
-
Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London, England: Vintage, 1991. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover, reprint, 248gms, 303 pages. This autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn. Nairn has witnessed many of the triumphs and tragedies of Scottish history, and these are recalled with intuitive understanding. But it is also the scene of Thomson's formative years when he suffered an eye injury which nearly blinded him and shaped his whole future. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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
- Reading Habit
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BIOUK273
- Título
- Nairn In Darkness and Light
- Autor
- Thomson, David
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Not Applicable
- Edición
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0099599902
- ISBN 13
- 9780099599906
- Editorial
- Vintage
- Lugar de publicación
- London, England
- Fecha de publicación
- 1991
- Palabras clave
- Autobiography, Memoir, Scotland, Scottish, Nairn, David Thomson
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Buttaba, New South Wales
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
