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Editor's Choice : Smithsonian: The Best of Twenty Years from Smithsonian Magazine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Published
- ISBN 10
- 089599027X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895990273
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Books - An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. First Edition First Printing Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Published. 11" x 8 1/2. 304 Pages. Padded burgundy leatherette deluxe edition with burgundy endpapers, gilt lettering, and ribbon bookmark. lllustrated throughout with photographic reproductions, drawings, artwork, and boxes, many if not most in color. In honor of the magazine's twentieth birthday, the editors of Smithsonian Books reviewed all 240 past issues and picked thirty-nine of the best for this anniversary collection. Contents Include: The secret hearts of flowers stand revealed in x-rays, A meerkat volunteers for guard duty so its comrades can live in peace, Polar bears mingle with people on Manitoba's Cape Churchill, Was he half hype or sheer hero Buffalo Bill takes a new bow, Mules is born in a man you ain't gonna get it out of him, Harmless highly beneficial bats still get a bum rap, Archaeology with a heart in Holland's drained inland sea the story of a lost B-17, The controversy on wherabouts of Columbus' body, The first Olympics competing for the greater glory of Zeus, and much more.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7884
- Title
- Editor's Choice : Smithsonian: The Best of Twenty Years from Smithsonian Magazine
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket As Published
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 089599027X
- ISBN 13
- 9780895990273
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books - An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 11" x 8 1/2
- Keywords
- HISTORY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVEL MUSEUMS TOURS POINTS OF INTEREST
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We are a family owned and operated bookstore in same location for 52 years. We have built our business on integrity, professional and personal service. General line of new and used paperback and hardback books, comics and graphic novels.
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