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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
by Tuchman, Barbara W
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1978. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. One of the author's most beloved books, this is a FIRST EDITION, Eighth Printing, from Oct.1978. The hardcover book with matte black cloth-covered boards is in Near Fine condition in like DJ, marred only by light foxing to top outside page edges & modest rubbing to upper extremities. Else, completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is VG+, with just a tad of wear along top edges all around; no chips or tears or fading. Nicely protected in new mylar cover. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020300
- Title
- A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- MIDDLE AGES FICTION HISTORICAL CRUSADES EUROPEHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE BLACK DEATH FOURTEENTH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Historical;
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- Good+
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