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Great People Through The Ages

Great People Through The Ages

WAS £9.99 £2.99

About this item

From Hammurabi to Scott and John Logie Baird - for this book the authors have written about great people who have made a definite contribution to civilization. This book contains chapters on Hammurabi, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Alfred the Great, St. Francis, Marco Polo, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, Christopher Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, George Frederick Handel, Lord Nelson, William Wilberforce, Elizabeth Fry, Lord Shaftesbury, Queen Victoria, FLorence NIghtingale, Captain Scott and John Logie Baird. It also contains many illustrations by Pauline Baynes (colour and black and white) as well as diagrams, sketches and paintings. This book is in very good condition, with original dust jacket in tact with only slight fading, and tearing and scuffing to edges. Internally, pages are in excellent condition with no foxing or browning.

Added value:
Illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes
Author(s):
Hitchcock, Albert & Louisa
Condition:
Used: very good
Dimensions:
15cmx21.5cm
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
211
Publisher:
Blackie
Title:
Great People Through The Ages

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