heather p ewing (34 risultati)

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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Very lightly soiled along small portion of bottom front edge, else clean inside and out. Firm, square binding. xv,176 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gift inscription on inside front wrapper. light toning to edges.

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Various (illustratore). Cover is in good order save for corner bumping. Text is clean and tight in binding. No ownership or other markings. Due to the height of this book, extra shipping charges may apply. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Wraps have only light wear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: very good dust-jacket with slightest wear, cover price $29.95, near fine blue hardcover, probably unused, corners are lightly bumped from boxing and unboxing. EWING, HEATHER P. The lost world of James Smithson: science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian. New York: Bloomsbury, 2007, stated First U.S. Edition, and 1st printing number line starting with 1, x, 432pp., . Chronicles the life of James Smithson as a scientist, suspected spy, gambler, radical revolutionary, and philanthropist, telling the story of his remarkable bequest and the controversy it spawned. ISBN 9781596910294 28.40.

NF. Other contributors include: Linda NeCastro, Robert Esau and Phillip Kent. ; Color and B & W Photographs and Illustrations; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 176 pages. Binding is Paperback; First Printing.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. PB/Gd. condition/176 pages - An illustrated history of the Smithsonian building. (K1653HR8). Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st. xv, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. *** "Using historical accounts, desk and personal diaries, and contemporary guidebooks, The Castleweaves the Smithsonian Building's nearly 150-year architectural history with the lore and stories of the people who have worked and lived in this striking medieval revival structure. The book also discusses the design of the 19th-century building." - Publisher. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Color & b&w (illustratore). pictorial wraps; 176 clean, unmarked pages/index, bibliography & notes.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Used - Good. Using historical accounts, desk and personal diaries, and contemporary guidebooks, 'The Castle' weaves the Smithsonian Building's nearly 150-year architectural history with the lore and stories of the people who have worked and lived in this striking medieval revival structure. The book also discusses the design of the 19th-century building. Inside first page has been stamped property of Architectural Digest Library in red ink Book has minor shelf wear.

Illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift--a half-million dollar bequest to establish a foundation in Washington "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. " The Smithsonian Institution, as it would be called, eventually grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet the man behind what became "America's attic, " James Smithson, has remained a shadowy figure for more than 150 years. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from across Europe and the United States, historian Heather Ewing tells his compelling story in full. The illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland, Smithson was the youngest member of Britain's Royal Society and a talented chemist admired by the greatest scientists of his age. At the same time, however, he was also a suspected spy, an inveterate gambler, and a radical revolutionary during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars. But at the heart of Smithson's story is his bequest--worth $9 million in today in today's currency--which sparked an international lawsuit and a decade-long congressional battle, featuring a dizzying cast of historical figures, including John Quincy Adams, and Alexander Graham Bell, both of whom grappled with how--and even whether--to put Smithson's endowment to use. Fascinating and magisterial, Ewing's biography presents a sweeping portrait of a remarkable man at the center of the English Enlightenment and the creation of America's greatest museum. Heather Ewing is an architectural historian. She has worked for the Smithsonian and the Ringling Museum of Art. She lives in New York. In 1836, the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift--a half-million dollar bequest to establish a foundation in Washington "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. " The Smithsonian Institution, as it would be called, eventually grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet the man behind what became "America's attic, " James Smithson, has remained a shadowy figure for more than 150 years. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from across Europe and the United States, historian Heather Ewing tells his compelling story in full. The illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland, Smithson was the youngest member of Britain's Royal Society and a talented chemist admired by the greatest scientists of his age. At the same time, however, he was also a suspected spy, an inveterate gambler, and a radical revolutionary during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars. But at the heart of Smithson's story is his bequest--worth $9 million in today's currency--which sparked an international lawsuit and a decade-long congressional battle, featuring a dizzying cast of historical figures, including John Quincy Adams and Alexander Graham Bell, both of whom grappled with how--and even whether--to put Smithson's endowment to use. Fascinating and magisterial, Ewing's biography presents a sweeping portrait of a remarkable man at the center of the English Enlightenment and the creation of America's greatest museum. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 432 pages; Description: 432 p. : ill. , ports. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-412) and index. Subjects: Smithson, James (1765-1829) --Smithsonian Institution --Science --Great Britain --Biography 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. 432 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "The first ever biography of James Smithson, the Englishman who bequeathed his fortune to establish Washington's Smithsonian Institute -- the largest museum and research complex in the world -- without ever having set foot in the United States. In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift -- a bequest of 104,960 gold sovereigns (then worth half a million dollars) to establish a foundation in Washington 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.' The Smithsonian Institution, as it would eventually be called, grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet it owes its existence to an Englishman who never set foot in the United States, and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than a hundred and fifty years. Smithson lived a restless life in the capitals of Europe during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; at one time he was trailed by the French secret police, and later languished as a prisoner of war in Denmark for four long years. Yet despite a certain a penchant for gambling and fine living, he had, by the time of his death in Paris in 1829, amassed a financial fortune and a wealth of scientific papers that he left to the new democracy America. Spurned by his natural father and his country, he would be acknowledged for his own achievements in the New World. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from archives all over Europe and the United States, Heather Ewing tells the full and compelling story for the first time, revealing a life lived at the heart of the English Enlightenment and illuminating the mind that sparked the creation of America's greatest museum. / Heather Ewing is an architectural historian. She lives in New York." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; Dedication; Maps: The Journey to Staffa; The Grand Tour 1791-1797; Prologue 1865; 1. Descended from Kings; 2. Oxford: The Lure of Novelty, 1782-178; 3. Staffa: The Cathedral of the Sea, 1784; 4. London: Science Like Fire, 1784-1788; 5. Science and Revolution, 1788-1791; 6. Grand Tour, 1791-1797; 7. London: Citizen of the World, 1797-1803; 8. The Hurricane of War, 1803-1807; 9. Vibrating between Existence and the Tomb, 1807-1810; 10. London: A New Race of Chemists, 1810-1814; 11. Paris: Private Vices, Publick Benefits, 1814-1825; 12. London: The Will, 1825-1829 13. America: The Finger of ProvidenceAcknowledgments; Epilogue 1832; Appendix: Genealogy Chart; Notes; Picture Credits; A Note on the Author. Size: 8vo. Collectible.