About this title: Few documents have had a more enduring influence on our century than Alfred Nobel's last will and testament, for these handwritten sheets of paper established the most coveted and prestigious awards on earth. Nobel prizes confer more than mere recognition - they represent glory and power, and are the stuff of immortality. Yet the man whose name they bear has been lost to near obscurity. As Kenne Fant shows in this fascinating biography - the only one available in English - Alfred Nobel's life contained fierce and troubling paradoxes. He revolutionized the technology of destruction and ...
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Edition: First edition. English ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. wear to jacket at corners and edges, jacket has a bit of general shelfwear; copy fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 342 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First English Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. viii, 342 pp., illus., index; 25 cm. Translated from the Swedish. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated "First English Language Edition. " Dust jacket price-clipped on front flap. "This major biography shows how the brilliant, misanthropic inventor of dynamite became one of the world's greatest benefactors-the creator of the Nobel prizes. This is the most complete and only full-length biography available of the legendary inventor of ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Very Good- in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, 342 pages plus black-and-white illustrations; neat ink gift inscription on free front endpaper. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Arcade Publishing, 1993. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Some edge wear to book & DJ. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, New York, NY
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: 22 B/W Photos & Illus. Fine/Fine. W/Dust Jacket 342pp(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 9781559702225. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Arcade Publishing, 1993. 1st Edition/1st Printing. NF Book in NF DJ. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and DJ. Overall a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or to read and enjoy. Dust jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Arcade Publishing, 1993. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st English-Language Ed., 1st Printing, number row 10-1, HB/DJ, F/F, 342 pp. DJ has light shelf-rubbing. Demco mylar cover put on DJ. Few documents have had a more enduring influence on our century than Alfred Nobel's last will and testament, for these handwritten sheets of paper established the most coveted and prestigious awards on earth. Nobel prizes confer more than mere recognition, they represent glory and power, and are the stuff of immortality ... read more
Edition: 1st Eng Lang
Binding: First
Publisher: Arcade, New York
Date Published: c1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: very good, very good. 25 cm, 342, illus., footnotes, index. The life of the great inventor of dynamite who used his fortune to establish the Nobel prizes. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Good. 1559702222 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. C1C. read more
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, NY
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: VG+ in VG+ dj. Hardback (maroon spine/pink boards). x + 342 pp. B&W illustrations. Index. Bio of scientist & founder of Nobel Prize. read more
Edition: 1st USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Illustrated by photos. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 1559702222. Very DJ, not price clipped (24.95). 1st edition, 1st printing with no markings. Not remaindered. No names.; 342 pages. read more
Description: Good. 1559702222 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781559702225ISBN:1559702222
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. *Excellent 1st edition in the first printing* Giftable. In all ways, this one is genuinely like new. Quarter-cloth over boards; illustrated. In a Gaylord cover. Out to you w/tracking or insurance. I ship daily. read more
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