Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325 (The Story of Civilization, Part III)
by Durant, Will
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1944. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 1944, first printing. Thick 8vo., xv+751pp., illustrated with plates, fold out map, map endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge tinted gray. Mild dust spotting along top edge. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
Synopsis
The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books. It was written over a lifetime, and it totals two million words across nearly 10,000 pages. The series is incomplete: in the first book of the series (Our Oriental Heritage, which covers the history of the East through 1933), Mr. Durant stated that he wanted to include the history of the West through the early 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009298
- Title
- Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325 (The Story of Civilization, Part III)
- Author
- Durant, Will
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe;
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