Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143036556
- ISBN 13
- 9780143036555
- Seller
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked. Covers are bright and tight. Slight crease on the back cover and on the spine. Remainder mark on the bottom of the text block. Photo section included. A solid volume. From the back cover, "Who hasn't gazed upon the abandoned temples of Angkor Wat or the jungle-choked cities of the Maya and wondered, could the same fate happen to us? In this riveting book, Jared Diamond...explores how humankind's use and abuse of the environment reveal the truth behind the world's great collapses, from the Anasazi of North America to the Vikings of Greenland to modern Montana."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2bc303219
- Title
- Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- Author
- Jared Diamond
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143036556
- ISBN 13
- 9780143036555
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- December 27, 2005
- Pages
- 57545
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....