Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization de Brownworth, Lars - 2009

Crown Publishers, 2009. First Edition. hardcover. Brownworth, Lars : Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization. New York : Crown Publishers, 2009. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's cream paper boards, red paper spine, gilt lettering to latter. Glossy color photographic dust jacket. Identical endpapers with color stylized map of Constantinople and environs. [i-vi], vii-xviii, [xix-xx] prelim material, 1-329, [330-332] blank. B&w maps. Guide to maps, intro, prologue, 25 chaps, epilogue, bibliography, appendix (list of emperors), acknowl, index. Condition notes: near-fine in similar, unclipped dust-jacket, with ephemera: light wear overall, a tiny bump to tail each board edge. Interior unmarked. Includes three page stapled publisher promotional material on book release, including short author interview. We personally inspect every book we offer.