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CHAMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
by PARRY MELANIE (EDITOR):
- Used
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- ISBN 10
- 0550160604
- ISBN 13
- 9780550160607
- Seller
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1997 CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. 6TH EDITION. UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED
Synopsis
Marking the centenary of the first publication of a now-classic volume, this thoroughly revised and updated edition continues the tradition of excellence offering over 17,500 profiles of notable achievers. With more than 3,000 completely new entries, the Chambers Biographical Dictionary provides expanded coverage of contemporary figures including a wide range of luminaries such as Nadine Gordimer, Alan Greenspan, Wayne Gretzky. Still notable for its global and historical perspective - from Alexander the Great to Nelson Mandela - this new book covers an ever broader spectrum of human achievement including the arts, science and technology, popular entertainment, sports, religion, the media, politics and business. Each fascinating biography includes the historical and social context. A more attractive and readable volume than ever, each also entry now features a convenient at-a-glance summary under the name, while particularly important and influential people are highlighted in special boxed entries. Fully indexed with alphabetical and subject indexes. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary remains an essential reference for the general reader as well as writers, journalists and researchers.
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- Bookseller
- Hawkridge Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26412
- Title
- CHAMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
- Author
- PARRY MELANIE (EDITOR):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0550160604
- ISBN 13
- 9780550160607
- Publisher
- 1997 CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- This edition first published
- 1997-10-15
- Keywords
- REFERENCE, DICTIONARY 0550160604
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY;
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Visit our website at www.hawkridge.co.ukHawkridge Books – quality books with a quality service. Fine and antiquarian books bought and sold, specialising in natural history, particularly ornithology, but also including books on a wide range of interesting subjects. Hawkridge Books is owned and run by Irene and Joe Tierney; this means that customers are provided with a personal service and given individual attention. We have been in the book business for over 20 years and ran a bookshop in the Peak District village of Castleton for 15 years. The shop was closed in 2010 and we moved our best stock to our home in Broomhill, Sheffield. The current stock runs to some 7,000 volumes. Although we specialise in ornithology, where we have 1100 volumes, and natural history (700 volumes), we have books in all subjects. For example, we have 700 books published by the Folio Society, 400 history books, and a similar number on topography, including 200 books on Derbyshire. All our books are selected to ensure that they are in the best condition and any faults are mentioned.
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