Inspired Amateurs
by Guinagh, Kevin; Preface by Arthur E. Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London / New York / Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1937. Retired school library copy, minimally staped, labeled and marked; Textblock overall very clean and tight; Front and rear gutters aged from old binding glue that has turned brown; The binding is scuffed and frayed at the spine head and board corners, with lesser wear along the edges; Character-wear to the boards; Lacks dust jacket; 171p. Stories of inspired amateurs who excelled outside their chosen professions; Joseph Priestly, preacher turned Chemist; Gregor Mendel, monk in a monastery who studied genetics and heredity; William Herschel, a musician who studied the stars, and much more. . First Edition. Cloth. Good+. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-library Hardcover.
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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24761
- Title
- Inspired Amateurs
- Author
- Guinagh, Kevin; Preface by Arthur E. Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York / Toronto
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 "
- Keywords
- Inventors, Scientists, Entrepreneurs, Dreamers, History of Innovation, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Astronomy; Biography & Autobiography; Social Science;
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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