The Dawn of Civilization to American Civilization

Eight volumes: 'The Dawn of Civilization', The Birth of Western Civilization', 'The Age of the Renaissance', 'The Age of Expansion', 'The Eighteenth Century', 'The Nineteenth Century', 'The Twentieth Century' and 'American Civilisation'; monumental Cold War version of history where progress is mapped from the Stone Age, via the Middle East, the Classical World through the European centuries and on to America; each volume has a separate editor, between nine and 14 contributors, overall 90 contributors, with, for a distinctly different experience to an online search, 5,400 illustrations, 1,520 in colour, 3,800 photographs, engravings, drawings and maps, and, for volume 1, 110 original reconstructions.

Publisher: Thames and Hudson. First English editions
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: London
Original blue cloth stamped in gold. All fine. No dustwrappers. The eight volumes


Enquire about this book

Other books in this category

Victorian Comics by Gifford, Denis $35.00

Victorian Comics

1976

Gifford, Denis

Quarantine by Bashford, Alison edits $35.00

Quarantine

2016

Bashford, Alison edits

The Culture of Sensibility by Barker-Benfield, G.J. $35.00

The Culture of Sensibility

1992

Barker-Benfield, G.J.

The Ends of Life by Thomas, Keith $35.00

The Ends of Life

2009

Thomas, Keith

A History of Thailand by Syamananda, Rong $35.00

A History of Thailand

1990

Syamananda, Rong

The Newspaper Press by Walker, R.B. $85.00

The Newspaper Press

1976, 1980

Walker, R.B.

The Voyage of Their Life by Armstrong, Diane $15.00

The Voyage of Their Life

2002

Armstrong, Diane