Penguin International Dictionary of Contemporary Biography: From 1900 to the Present by Vernoff, Edward;Shore, Rima - 2001

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Penguin Publishing Group, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Viking Adult, July 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rear DJ torn at corners; 2.1 x 9.4 x 7.7 Inches; 998 pages

Viking Adult, 2001-07-09. Hardcover. Good.

Viking, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. not quite as crisp as new

Penguin Books, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. acknowledgements, introduction to the first edition, introduction to the new edition – revised by Edward Vernoff and index. 1/4 black coloured back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 black coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Listed alphabetically, this book contains more than 6000 listings / biographies of notable men and women from 1900 up to time of the book's publication. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners with some softening of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges. Some creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels and a few handling marks also present. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10],… Read More

New York, NY: Viking Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, Viking, 2001. First edition, first printing. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 998 pp. This substantial and enjoyably perusable volume contains more than 6,000 brief biographies of notable men and women of the 20th century. The index arranges entries according to 50 categories, with politics, literature, art, and other large groupings subdivided by nationality. Open the page to "Ford" and there's novelist Ford Maddox Ford, president Gerald Ford, both car-making Henrys, and director John Ford, followed by director Milos Forman, admiral James V. Forrestal, MIT computer lab founder Jay Wright Forrester, Nobel Prize heart physician Werner Forssmann, novelist E.M. Forster, and Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas. Dust jacket has minor rubbing. Text block edge has small discolorations. Near fine in… Read More

London, Viking [Penguin Group]. 2001. Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, revised & updated edition [1987], small thick 4to: [x], 998pp., index names. Very fine copy - as new., Volume Penguin Reference.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2001. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Viking, 2001. First Edition. Hard cover binding, 998 pp. This substantial and enjoyably perusable volume contains more than 6,000 brief biographies of notable men and women of the 20th century. The index arranges entries according to 50 categories, with politics, literature, art, and other large groupings subdivided by nationality. Open the page to "Ford" and there's novelist Ford Maddox Ford, president Gerald Ford, both car-making Henrys, and director John Ford, followed by director Milos Forman, admiral James V. Forrestal, MIT computer lab founder Jay Wright Forrester, Nobel Prize heart physician Werner Forssmann, novelist E.M. Forster, and Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas. New in new dustjacket..