THE ORDEAL OF CIVILIZATION 1st ed 3/4 leather 1926 James Harvey Robinson Maps

Description: The first edition of Robinson's:"The Ordeal of Civilization: A Sketch of the Development and World-Wide Diffusion of Our Present-Day Institutions and Ideas"."Profusely Illustrated".printed in 1926. a very thorough history of Western Civilization, and its spread of culture, trade, and ideology through conquest by religions, wars, mercantilism, & colonialism, and softer means of advancement such as the arts and sciences. it is much less biased/ethnocentric than most other books of the time, which is refreshing.lots of illustrations, most are black & white sketches or photographs, but there are also full color maps. CONDITION:some wear to leather, including 2 tears to spine, rubbed edges. notes/prices from several bookstores on inside, in pencil. a previous owner heavily underlined IN PEN, like a monster. not all pages, just the first half or so of the book. but the sections they did read...my goodness.all maps/plates accounted for.textblock tight and clean, besides the pen marks. SPECS: 3/4 black leather with blue cloth hardcover.bumpus/ribbed spine with guilding.metallic gold marbled endpapers.gilt top edge of textblock.about 8.5 x 6 x 1.75".769 pages, although the last 20 or so are all index. it's a very nice index though.at least a hundred black & white illustrations (not numbered), 59 black & white plates, plus 12 color plates.

Price: 100 USD

Location: Farmington, Michigan

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