THE RENAISSANCE MAKER OF MODERN MAN
by Grosvenor, Melville Bell ; Frederick G. Vosburgh ; Franc Shor (Eds.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Mild shelfwear to extremities. Dustjacket very good. Various size closed tears, 1.5" and smaller, and creases to top jacket edge. Mild shelfwear to surfaces. Gilt lettering debossed to black spine, gilt design debossed to front of brick-red, leatherette boards. Glossy paper. With 450 illustrations, 423 in full color, 10 maps. Clean, bright, tight. 402 pp with illustrated index. HEAVY. May require EXTRA shipping. A volume in the Story of Man Library. Within these pages are the lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Cervantes, Shakespeare. Renaissance men. More than 100,000 words of fact-filled text re-create this important time in history.
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 820
- Title
- THE RENAISSANCE MAKER OF MODERN MAN
- Author
- Grosvenor, Melville Bell ; Frederick G. Vosburgh ; Franc Shor (Eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1970
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The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
PAYPAL ACCEPTED and ENCOURAGED!!
Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
Delivery confirmation available upon request.
UPS and FEDEX Expedited Services available if requested and will be rated accordingly.
We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
Miss Magpie humbly thanks you for your interest!
"My head was a magpie's nest
lined with such bright scraps
of information."
~Alice Munro
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