Little Known Facts About Well Known People
by Carnegie, Dale
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Kingswood: The World's Work. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1949). Hardcover. No signatures. A 1 1/2" tear and a 1" tear to front panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; UK edition, second printing. ix, [1], 208, [1] pages. Light brown cloth boards. Illustrated. Anecdotal telling of various amusing, unusual, and sometimes contradictory episodes in the lives of various historical persons. "Napoleon had a veritable passion for always being on time. His motto was 'Time is everything', and he once said: 'I may lose battles, but no one will ever see me lose minutes'; and yet he was two hours late for his own wedding!" - page 38. ; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13351
- Title
- Little Known Facts About Well Known People
- Author
- Carnegie, Dale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The World's Work
- Place of Publication
- Kingswood
- Date Published
- (1949)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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