Rousseau and Revolution - a History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789 (The Story of Civilization)
by Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fair
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, small quarto bound in brown cloth, in worn dust-jacket. 1091 pages. Bibliographical Guide, Notes, Index. Illustrated with 98 half-tones and map end-papers. Book Club edition, stated first printing. No previous ownership marks. Volume X in the Durant's "The Story of Civilization". Book is clean, square, tight and unmarked. Dust-jacket edge-worn with several chips at head of spine. Very good+ in fair dust-jacket. Media mail only. .
Synopsis
The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books. It was written over a lifetime, and it totals two million words across nearly 10,000 pages. The series is incomplete: in the first book of the series (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East through 1933), Mr. Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century.
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019654
- Title
- Rousseau and Revolution - a History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789 (The Story of Civilization)
- Author
- Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- History, Modern European History
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.