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Captured By History : One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century
by Toland, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312154909
- ISBN 13
- 9780312154905
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
St Martins Press, New York, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. published with untrimmed front edge (deckled), with dust jacket with photograph on the spine. Very slight rubbing of the base edge of the dustjacket. There is no annotation, no underlining in the book. Indexed. An autobiography of an historian, and of his unorthodox approach to history won him the Pulitzer prize in 1970, and the book is an astonishing personal story of a highly inquisitive man who became a historian not by accident or design, but by fate – paraphrasing the dust jacket blurb Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 416 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0312154909. ISBN/EAN: 9780312154905. Inventory No: 0273522. . 9780312154905
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0273522
- Title
- Captured By History : One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century
- Author
- Toland, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312154909
- ISBN 13
- 9780312154905
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB2 autobiography John Toland history Pulitzer Prize Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded ISBN: 0312154909 EAN: 9780312154905 Toland, John Captured By History : One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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