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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/N-Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: HARPER COLLINS, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read un-opened virtually new copy. The 26.00 jacket is with the book,looking like it has never been removed with a quarter inch on one edge else fine. A very nice copy of a very hard to find book. remainder THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022238
- Title
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- N-Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Publisher
- HARPER COLLINS
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- /
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; England;
Terms of Sale
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I accept cash, checks, money orders and bank cards. International orders paid by check must be made out to a United States bank branch. International orders paid by money order must be a postal money order made out in United States dollars. You can return any book that you purchase from me if you are not satisfied with it.
About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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