The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization: Part VIII)
by Durant, Will & Ariel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt Louis XIV medallion on cover, maps on endpapers, TEG (red). Large 4to. xviii, 802, (2) pp. Illustrated with 59 B&W photographs. Cover and top edge mildly spotted, head of spine lightly worn, text block clean, bright, tight and square. GOOD. A history of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza: 1648-1715.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xviii, 802 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7118
- Title
- The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization: Part VIII)
- Author
- Durant, Will & Ariel
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- History;, Louis XIV, Xiv;, European History, History;, Civilization;, World History, History;, Pascal;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....