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THE PROUD TOWER: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE WAR 1890 - 1914
by Tuchman, Barbara W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Co., 1966. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, small chip from top edge/front cover, scuffing to spine & front cover else still bright & intact
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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- Bookseller
- JB's Book Vault
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005237
- Title
- THE PROUD TOWER: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE WAR 1890 - 1914
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tuchman, Proud, Tower, European, History General
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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