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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W. Tuchman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
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Skokie, Illinois, United States
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UsedGood. 1978 Book Club edition. Hardcover in original dust jacket. DJ chipped at edges, small 1 cm. piece missing at base of spine. Light scuffing and shelfwear with age. Spine cracked, but all pages intact. Previous owner's name on ""Also by..."" page. Text clean, no highlighting or underlining. Good copy overall.
Synopsis
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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- Seller
- Books4Cause Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5D4000008HMN_ns
- Title
- A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
- Author
- Barbara W. Tuchman
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 7
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1978
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
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- Shelfwear
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- 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...