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A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY

A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY

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A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY

by TUCHMAN, Barbara W

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ISBN 10
0394400267
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9780394400266
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1978. TUCHMAN, Barbara W. A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Fourth printing. Presentation copy inscribed by Tuchman on the half-title. 677 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt, in color pictorial dust jacket. Book near fine, spine slightly rolled. Jacket has minor soil and a few tiny nicks. Pictorial endpapers, color and b/w plates. Uncommon inscribed.

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Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .

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Bookseller
Boston Book Company US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
82184
Title
A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY
Author
TUCHMAN, Barbara W
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0394400267
ISBN 13
9780394400266
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1978

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Cloth
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Jacket
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rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
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