New York: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0713992042 . A first U.S. printing of Oxford historian J. M. Roberts's in-depth telling of the history of Europe. He begins with the first Europeans and the ancient Greeks, and proceeds through both World Wars to the downfall of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The author details how people from a continent with a relatively small land area came to exert power over the entire world. With 42 black & white maps. --- In black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with composite color image of paintings. --- With prior owner's circular embossed seal to front free endpaper, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy. Intact jacket with slight rubbing and a small sticker to spine, else lacking damages and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 628 pages .

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Until his retirement in 1994, J. M. Roberts was Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Acknowledged as one the greatest living historians in the world today, his books include The Penguin History of the World and The Triumph of the West .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84343
Title: A History of Europe
Author: ROBERTS, J. M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition
ISBN 10: 0713992042
ISBN 13: 9780713992045
Publisher: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1997
Keywords: 0713992042
Bookseller catalogs: >>European History;

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