The Proud Tower - a portrait of the World before the war 1890-1914
by Barbara W Tuchman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
MacMillan, New York, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. No internal inscriptions. No missing pages. Some insect (probably long dead silverfish) damage to inside front board pastedown and to ffep and to same at rear. Age spotting along closed edges of pages. Text is very clean. 528 pages. This book is extra heavy, and will involve extra shipping charges.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology & Culture; 1900-1920; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51068. .
Synopsis
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 is a 1966 book by Barbara Tuchman, collecting essays she had published in various periodicals during the mid 1960s. Each chapter deals with a different country, theme, and time (although all relate to the approximately 25 years preceding World War I).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn the Page Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51068
- Title
- The Proud Tower - a portrait of the World before the war 1890-1914
- Author
- Barbara W Tuchman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB25 Sociology & Culture; 1900-1920; Unbranded Barbara W Tuchman The Proud Tower - a portrait of the World before the war 1890-1914
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About the Seller
Turn the Page Books
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Sydney, New South Wales
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