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MARGARET NICHOLAS The World's Greatest Cranks & Crackpots
London, England, Octopus, 1983. Reprint, Binding: Boards, Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0706417135 Hardback Great eccentrics have fizzed and sparkled through history like catherine wheels, delighting and amazing us with their outrageous lifestyles, barmy ideas and flamboyant ways. Gathered together in this book is a rich gallery of some of the most astonishing crackpots the world has ever known, such as the naturalist who served his guests mice on buttered toast, and the Cornish vicar who pretended to be a mermaid. The author, a top British journalist, researched the material for this book during her travels around the world. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. .
Offered for GBP 6.00 = appr. US$ 9.82 by: The London Bookworm - Book number: 053424
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