WAR AND GOLD; A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt
by Kwarteng, Kwasi
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1408848155
- ISBN 13
- 9781408848159
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London New Delhi New York Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2014. First Edition. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Photographs. Tall 8vo, cream-colored boards with black spine lettering, Mylar-protected black & gold dust jacket (unclipped) with full color depiction of Carducio's "Victory of Fleurus" (1622), illustrated with 16 pages of color & black&white glossy plates, 414 pages + [2] Notes on Author and Text. A remarkably insightful economic and social history!<br/> <br/> "Kwasi Swwartteng has emerged as a significant scholar on the historical scene"--Andrew Roberts (one of my favorite biographers--see his bio of Napoleon.)<br/> <br/> Exceptional Condition!
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1461
- Title
- WAR AND GOLD; A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt
- Author
- Kwarteng, Kwasi
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1408848155
- ISBN 13
- 9781408848159
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London New Delhi New York Sydney
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Gold, economics, illustrated, adventurers, trade, warfare, battles, strategy, Britain, Netherlands, France, colonialism
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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