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The Story of Civilization 13 Volume Set

réf. 658182ELEVEN Volumes I to XI - ALL VOLUMES VERY GOOD WITH GOOD DUST JACKETS BUNDLED WITH The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant and Heroes of History by Will Durant Our Oriental Heritage 1049 pages. 1954 BOMC edition. The Life of Greece 754 pages. 1966 BOMC edition. Caesar and Christ 751 pages. 1972 BOMC edition. The Age of Faith 1196 pages. 1950 BOMC edition. The Renaissance 776 pages. 1953 BOMC edition The Reformation 1025 pages. 1957 BOMC edition. The Age of Reason Begins 729 pages. 1961 BOMC edition. The Age of Louis XIV 802 pages. 1963 BOMC edition. The Age of Voltaire 898 pages. 1965 BOMC edition. Rousseau and Revolution 1091 pages. 1967 BOMC edition. The Age of Napoleon 872 pages 1975 BOMC edition Inventory ID 658182. Nice brick red boards and gold embossing show off this tight and sound mixed set in Very Good condition with no marks or highlights. Red topstains. Books have the usual shelf wear with a few bumped corners some spotting to edges stains and slight wear to boards. Spines are not faded. BOMC dot on back covers. Volume 9 has a bookplate. A few dog-eared or wrinkled pages. Dust Jackets in Good condition. Unclipped dust jackets now protected by Brodart covers with the usual shelf wear - tears scrapes stains wrinkles and chips. None are ex-library or remainder books. BUNDLED WITH The Lessons of History Hardcover Cloth 117 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1968. Handsome black boards and silver embossing showcases this tight and sound copy with no highlights or bookplates. Undamaged corners. No topstain. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with the usual minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket protected by Brodart cover is smooth clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. BUNDLED WITH Heroes of History by Will Durant Hardcover Cloth 348 pages Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. First edition First printing 2001 with corresponding number line. Nice tan boards with blue buckram spine and gilt embossing spotlights this Clean tight square copy with no marks highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. Bumped corners. Tight binding with good hinges. An unclipped dust jacket smooth clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear. SPECIAL PACKAGING for INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS. RHB has sold this set to customers in Australia Singapore Spain United Kingdom. Please note this set weighs 45 pounds when packed for shipping; additional postage will be required. Very good reading copy of this famous book set INCLUDING the companion volume 'The Lessons of History' and Will Durant's 'Heroes of History'. Illustrated end papers with maps. Volumes are massively illustrated with bibliographies indexes and notes. The Story of Civilization by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader. The series was written over a span of more than four decades. It totals four million words across nearly 10000 pages. Durant said his purpose in writing the series was not to create a definitive scholarly production but to make a large amount of information accessible and comprehensible to the educated public in the form of a comprehensive "composite history". Given the massive undertaking in creating 11 volumes over 50 years errors and incompleteness were inevitable by Durant's own reckoning; but no other historical survey matches let alone exceeds the breadth and depth of his project he claimed. Volume 10 won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. In "The Lessons of History" Will and Ariel Durant distill decades of historical analysis into a profound exploration of the patterns that shape human civilization. Drawing from their monumental "The Story of Civilization" the Durants offer reflections on the enduring themes of war economics government religion and human nature. Their sweeping perspective connects ancient cultures to modern societies revealing the cyclical forces of progress and decline. With eloquent prose and deep philosophical insights the Durants challenge readers to contemplate the lessons that history has to offer for the future of humanity. The Lessons of History is a concise synthesis of themes drawn from their monumental The Story of Civilization series. Often used in courses on history philosophy or political thought and it's widely studied by readers who want a concise big-picture understanding of civilization's long-term lessons. Heroes of History is an engaging survey of civilization told through the lives and ideas of its most influential figures. Durant traces humanity's progress from ancient sages and conquerors to modern thinkers showing how individual visionaries shaped art science politics and faith. Will Durant began his career as a philosophy teacher and writer deeply interested in making knowledge accessible to the public. His early work The Story of Philosophy 1926 brought the ideas of great thinkers to a wide audience and established him as one of the foremost popularizers of intellectual history. Ariel Durant born Chaya Kaufman in Proskurov Ukraine now Khmelnytskyi immigrated to the United States as a child and met Will when he was her teacher at a progressive New York school. They married in 1913 when she was fifteen and she soon became his lifelong partner in both life and scholarship. Simon and Schuster hardcover

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