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The Conquest of America (La Conquête de l'Amérique)
by Tzvetan Todorov; Trans. by Richard Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0060151803
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151805
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1982. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. A very good first English translation in a very good dustjacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Gilt title stamping on spine. Both covers slightly bowed. Bump in center of rear bottom edge (1 inch). Collector's marginalia inked at hinge of half title page. Minor toning on endpapers. Dustjacket has a 3/8 inch closed tear on front of jacket at top. Mild shelfwear on edges. Three smaller tears on rear dustjacket at top and bottom edges. 274pp, including index. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, octavo. THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA: The Question of the Other, by Tzvetan Todorov. This book explores what happens when two different cultures meet. The French writer and critic, Tzvetan Todorov, approaches the subject as a semiotician, a student of signs, interested in the systems of signification through which cultures articulate the world and enable it to have meaning. Spain's conquest of America in the 16th century, he says, led to ''the greatest genocide in human history.'' An estimated 90 percent of Central America's population perished in 50 years. Last year, Jonathan Culler remarked in these pages that ''The Conquest of America,'' translated by Richard Howard, is ''an engaging book that presents fascinating and often disturbing material clearly." -- New York Times
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 889
- Title
- The Conquest of America (La Conquête de l'Amérique)
- Author
- Tzvetan Todorov; Trans. by Richard Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060151803
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151805
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spanish Conquest;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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