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Cities and Civilizations
by Hibbert, Christopher
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1555840175
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840174
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1986) New York] First Thus. First Printing in London, UK, 1986. This is first US Printing. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Quarto. 15 color plates and 170 black and white illustrations. Clean blue cloth, tight and solid sewn binding, some faint rubbing to edges. Internals As New.Slightly edgeworn jacket. Wrap-around art: 'Regatta at the Grand Canal', by Canaletto. Hibbert explores 21 great cities of the world in their golden ages--those times of power and prestige, of cultural and architectural glories, and of political dominance. From the Thebes of the Pharaohs and Herod's Jerusalem, to Rome to Moscow, and to modern New York and Sidney, Hibbert focuses on the origins of these cities and the nature of the civilizations, the people, their work and pleasures, their art and dramas--and what caused their rise and fall. A magnificent book 248 pages plus Sources and Index. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. 1986, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028235
- Title
- Cities and Civilizations
- Author
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1555840175
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840174
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- HISTORY, EUROPEAN ANCIENT CITIES THEBES ROME ATHENS CONSTANTINOPLE INCAS ST PETERSBURG PARIS TOKOYO NEW ORLEANS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Ancient;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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