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Title: MAUVE
HOW ONE MAN INVENTED A COLOR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
By: Simon Garfield
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 0393323137
ISBN 13: 9780393323139
Publisher: W W NORTON & CO LTD
Pub. date: 16 May, 2002
Pages: 242
Description: In 1856 18-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce colour. Simon Garfield explains how the experimental mishap that produced an odd shade of purple revolutionized fashion, as well as industrial applications of chemistry reasearch.
Illustrations: 8pp colour illustrations
Returns: Returnable
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DOG''S BEST FRIEND (PB)
DOG''S BEST FRIEND (PB)
DOG''S BEST FRIEND (PB)
END OF INNOCENCE
ERROR WORLD (HB)
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EXPOSURE (HB)
IN MINIATURE
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JUST MY TYPE
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LAST JOURNEY OF WILLIAM HUSKISSON (PB)
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MINI: THE TRUE AND SECRET HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF A MOTOR CAR (HB)
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OUR HIDDEN LIVES (CD)
OUR HIDDEN LIVESTHE REMARKABLE DIARIES OF POSTWAR BRITAIN (PB)
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THE END OF INNOCENCE (PB)
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THE WRESTLING
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TIMEKEEPERS
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