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The Twentieth Century: A Promethean Age
by Alan Bullock [ed]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York; London: McGraw-Hill Book Company; Thames and Hudson, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 14" by 10.5" . None stated . The first edition of this profusely illustrated account of the twentieth century from science and technology to the arts, edited by Alan Bullock. The first edition of the work. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Heavily illustrated throughout with 731 illustrations including 234 in full colour and 497 photographs, engravings and maps. Collated complete. This work has been edited by Alan Bullock with sections written by contributors that are specialists in those fields. This heavily illustrated work provides an account of the twentieth century from the development of technology and science to the arts and history. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only very minimal rubbing to the gilt lettering to the spine and to a corner to the rear board. The wrap is very smart with marks to the joints of the fly leaves, the odd minor closed tear, minor loss and closed tears to the laminate coating and minor discolouration to a small portion to the rear. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages with only light age toning to the extremities. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 876Z31
- Title
- The Twentieth Century: A Promethean Age
- Author
- Alan Bullock [ed]
- Illustrator
- None stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company; Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York; London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 14" by 10.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Illustrated History Science Illustrated Art Alan Bullock
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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