Author: OSBORNE, ROGER
Title: Civilization - a New History of the Western World
Description: London, Jonathan Cape. 2006, First. (ISBN: 0224062417). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very small indentaion to top front with dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 532 pages. 47 illustrations. 20 maps. In this ambitious and important work Roger Osborne shows that we can only truly understand our ciilization by re-examining and confronting our past, with all its glories and catastrophes. Sweeping in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, Civilization tells the story of the western world from its origins to the present. Tying together the histories of empires, art, philosophy, science and politics. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.98 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 16. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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