About this title: A black man praised by white America, George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an anomaly in his own time. This selection of Carver's writings shows the human side of the scientist, as well as the forces that shaped his creative mind.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1946.
Description: -Octavo, navy blue cloth. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped. The spine is faded with the head chipped & frayed & with a white stain near the tail. viii, [1] leaf & 342 pages. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. There is ink staining to the fore-edge with small ink stains to the front edges of a number of rear pages & illustrations. Good. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday, 1943.
Date Published: 1943
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Edition: Sixth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Illustrated by Gorsline, Douglas. Good+ in Good dust jacket. From private collection, Hard cover with dustjacket; No marks. Clean and tight. DJ is chipped and edgeworn.; Landmark Series #38; 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Edition: Early printing (same year as first published. )
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1943
Description: Very good in dark blue cloth, lacking the dj (some rubbing to spine, lettering faded, short tear in cloth at upper end of spine. ) Hardcover-Illustrated with a frontispiece and inserted photographs. Bibliography, index. 342 pp. read more
Edition: Family Bookshelf edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover-Biography of this great African American scientist, born into slavery, orphaned as a baby and plagued by prejudice, poverty and ill health. His epitaph sums up his life: "He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.". Frontispiece, Bibliography. 250 pp. read more
Edition: Early printing (originally published in 1943. )
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1944
Description: Near fine in dark blue cloth, in a very good dustjacket. Hardcover-Illustrated with a frontispiece and inserted photographs. Bibliography, index. 342 pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN-13:9780826207852ISBN:0826207855
Description: Good. 0826207855 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
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN-13:9780826207852ISBN:0826207855
Description: New. 0826207855 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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