Personalities of the Americas 1989 Signed Numbered Limited Edition #27
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Biography, cultural history, and professional-reference volume documenting notable individuals and their accomplishments throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean near the close of the twentieth century.
This book is for readers fascinated by personal achievement, leadership, genealogy, regional history, and the many different paths by which people build meaningful lives. Rather than presenting history solely through presidents, generals, and universally recognized celebrities, it preserves the stories of educators, physicians, scientists, business leaders, public servants, artists, community figures, and other accomplished individuals whose contributions might otherwise disappear from the historical record.
Reading through these condensed life stories can broaden the owner’s awareness of how success takes many forms. The volume allows readers to compare hundreds of careers, backgrounds, obstacles, ambitions, and accomplishments, encouraging a deeper appreciation for human potential and the lasting influence one person can have within a profession or community. It can provide inspiration for someone considering a new direction in life while also serving as an unusual research tool for genealogists, historians, writers, libraries, and collectors of biographical reference works.
Published by the American Biographical Institute in 1989, this is the First Commemorative Edition. It is a limited, signed, and individually numbered collector’s edition: copy number 27, signed on the limitation page by J. M. Evans, editorial director and member of the institute’s governing board of editors.
The substantial reference work includes a staff register, explanation of ABI biographical titles, abbreviations, Medal of Honor recipients, dedications, Hall of Fame section, approximately 299 pages of biographical entries and an addendum, followed by extensive advisory-board and institutional appendices. Selected entries include portrait photographs, while the detailed alphabetical index helps locate the many individuals represented. ISBN 0-934544-44-1.
Black leather-textured hardcover with gold cover and spine lettering. The binding appears firm and the pages are clean and securely attached. Exterior shows light shelf wear, including a visible scratch and minor rubbing on the rear cover. Page edges have a few small marks from storage. No writing, highlighting, torn pages, or library markings were observed in the photographed sections. No dust jacket is present. Please examine all photographs for the exact condition.
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Personalities of the Americas 1989 Signed Numbered Limited Edition #27
$75.00
This book is for readers fascinated by personal achievement, leadership, genealogy, regional history, and the many different paths by which people build meaningful lives. Rather than presenting history solely through presidents, generals, and universally recognized celebrities, it preserves the stories of educators, physicians, scientists, business leaders, public servants, artists, community figures, and other accomplished individuals whose contributions might otherwise disappear from the historical record.
Reading through these condensed life stories can broaden the owner’s awareness of how success takes many forms. The volume allows readers to compare hundreds of careers, backgrounds, obstacles, ambitions, and accomplishments, encouraging a deeper appreciation for human potential and the lasting influence one person can have within a profession or community. It can provide inspiration for someone considering a new direction in life while also serving as an unusual research tool for genealogists, historians, writers, libraries, and collectors of biographical reference works.
Published by the American Biographical Institute in 1989, this is the First Commemorative Edition. It is a limited, signed, and individually numbered collector’s edition: copy number 27, signed on the limitation page by J. M. Evans, editorial director and member of the institute’s governing board of editors.
The substantial reference work includes a staff register, explanation of ABI biographical titles, abbreviations, Medal of Honor recipients, dedications, Hall of Fame section, approximately 299 pages of biographical entries and an addendum, followed by extensive advisory-board and institutional appendices. Selected entries include portrait photographs, while the detailed alphabetical index helps locate the many individuals represented. ISBN 0-934544-44-1.
Black leather-textured hardcover with gold cover and spine lettering. The binding appears firm and the pages are clean and securely attached. Exterior shows light shelf wear, including a visible scratch and minor rubbing on the rear cover. Page edges have a few small marks from storage. No writing, highlighting, torn pages, or library markings were observed in the photographed sections. No dust jacket is present. Please examine all photographs for the exact condition.
SKU D-4