Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 by Murray, Charles

Harper, October 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/No Jacket. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

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New York: Harper Collins, 2003. 1st. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. GOOD. Spine cocked, head and heel of spine and corners bumped with upper corners split, covers and page edges soiled, long creases to front free endpaper and halftitle page which appear to be a binding error, rear endpapers stained. Text unmarked. Lacks dust jacket. xi, 668 pp. Size: 8vo

Harper, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean. Tightly bound. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harper, 0000-00-00. 1. hardcover. Used:Good.

Harper, 2003-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

HarperCollins, 2003. Hardcover. New. 720 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.50 inches.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins. New. 2003. Hardcover. 006019247X .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- First edition, so stated - DESCRIPTION: -- Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences -- a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and… Read More