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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science--an era whose consequences are with us still.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science--an era whose consequences are with us still.…

Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science--an era whose consequences are with us still.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery--astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical--swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution. Through the lives of William Herschel and his sister Caroline, who forever changed the public conception of the solar system; of Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments revolutionized chemistry; and of the great Romantic writers, from Mary Shelley to Coleridge and Keats, who were inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of their day, Holmes brings to life the era in which we first realized both the awe-inspiring and the frightening possibilities of science--an era whose consequences are with us still.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. From the award-winning author of The Age of Wonder and Falling Upwards, here is a luminous meditation on the art of biography that fuses the author's own experiences with a history of the genre and explores the fascinating and surprising relationship between fact and fiction. In a book that ranges widely over art, science, and poetry, Richard Holmes confesses to a lifetime's obsession with his Romantic subjects. It has become for him a pursuit, or pilgrimage of the heart, that has taken him across three centuries, through much of Europe, and into the lively company of many earlier biographers. Central to this quest is a powerful and tender evocation of the lives of women both scientific and literary, some well-known and some almost lost to history: Margaret Cavendish, Mary Somerville, Germaine de Sta l, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the Dutch intellectual Z lide. Holmes also investigates the myths that have overshadowed the lives of some favorite Romantic figures: the love-stunned John Keats, the waterlogged Percy Bysshe Shelley, the chocolate-box painter Thomas Lawrence, the opium-soaked genius Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the mad visionary bard William Blake. The diversity of Holmes's material is a testimony to his empathy, erudition, and inquiring spirit--and, sometimes, to his mischievous streak. The Long Pursuit gives us a unique insider's account of a biographer at work: traveling, teaching, researching, fantasizing, forgetting, and even ballooning. From this great chronicler of the Romantics now comes a chronicle of himself and his intellectual passions; it contains his most personal and most seductive writing.…

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HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER. GOOD CONDITION .COVER SOME RUBS, SOLIDLY BOUND, TEXT BLOCK NOT UNDERLINED, NOT MARKED UP. ; GOLD TITELS ON BROWN CLOTH SPINE STRIP.BLUE HARDCOVERS.Purple endpapers .has red silk marker ribbon.; 568+pg pages; A collection of stories about the legendary sleuth., Contains some of his BEST stories.Holmes turned the literary detective into a household name and are the best-loved of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories. Illustrated by McKowen, Scott illust (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. First Edition [no number line]. No DJ. Edge wear. Quarter green/fleur di lies boards. Light soil/spotting at page edges. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. LIT/ROMANCE/ADVENTURE. Uncredited (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very solid copy has no markings except an old price in pencil at the very front. Some age-spotting throughout. The pictures are plentiful, colorful, and quite nice in a quaint, antiquey way. Boards have black and gilt on red, with lion, unicorn and other gilt emblems. George M. Henton (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Front hinge cracked but binding intact. Light shelving foxing spots/dust-dulling on book page edges.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

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Condition: Good. 3rd impression. Cloth, G+. xii+158pp, b/w frontis, 39 b/w plates, index, scattered foxing to the page margins. An account of painting in Italy, from the Roman period to the end of the 18rth century, with much on the Renaissance schools of Florence & Venice. 600 grams.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. Fifth And Revised Edition. Well annotated guide to the Trafalgar Square National Gallery; illustrated. Contents include the plan of the Gallery, the arrangement of the Gallery, information for visitors, the chief benefactors of the Gallery, primitive painting in Europe, the Florentine School and painters, the Sienese School and painters, the Central Italian painters, the Lombard painters, the Venetian and allied schools and painters, the Netherlandish School and painters, the Dutch School and painters, the Spanish painters, the German painters, the French painters, and the British School and painters. Light exterior wear. Book.…

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has minor spots on front panel, previous owners printed book plate on front pastedown with no writing or marking, 144 pages, 16 called for plates present.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Near Fine. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. 257 pages with 88 paltes, 7 in color; Condition: mild rubbing to edges; previous owner's signature and date on half-title page.

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