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Age of Progress: Great Ages of Man, A History of World's Cultures
de Burchell, S. C. and The Editors of TIME-LIFE BOOKS
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Seventh Printing, Revised 1979. Large Hardcover Book in Very Good +Condition. No dust jacket. One of the "Great Ages of Man" Series. Books in this series are elegantly and elaborately illustrated in full color and provide a concise history of the culture, peoples, society, religion, art, technology, demographics, and more, of various ages of civilization, from ancient, nomadic, primitive societies to more highly developed civilizations. This volume provides a comprehensive and extensive survey of the advances of the 19th and early 20th Centuries-- the automobile, aircraft, in science and technology, in health and longer lives, improvement in working conditions, in education, housing, and more. Bound in brown buckram over spine with gilt tiles, pictorial cloth boards with illustration of the highlights of the age of progress--birth of the airplane and automobile, a spidery new architecture, political upheaval, a glittering new social life. Clean, lightly rubbed, unmarked, tight and solid, square. Spine covering lightly sunned around spine head and heel. Light wear to lower front corner and faint wear to upper front corner. Internals are very clean and completely free from any markings, no creasing. 192 pages with Chronologies of events significant in the history of the Age of Progress, 1850-1914; Bibliography and Index. Includes an Album of the Era. 11 x 9 inches. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1979.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 013315
- Título
- Age of Progress: Great Ages of Man, A History of World's Cultures
- Autor
- Burchell, S. C. and The Editors of TIME-LIFE BOOKS
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Time-Life Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1979
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- THE GREAT EXHIBITION AIRPLANES AUTOMOBILES WORKERS' PROTESTS UNIONS LABOR PAINTING RAILROADS NATIONALISM BISMARCK AUSTRIAN EMPIRE CONTINENTAL EUROPE UNITED STATES
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History. World;
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
