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Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0060390719ISBN 13: 9780060390716
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This lively volume brings together an acclaimed historian's selection of his best writing spanning four decades. Dr. Boorstin won the Pulitzer and other historian's prizes and an international audience. Blue boards with gold-color-lettering, 332 pp., brief author's biography, illustrated jacket. Mild wear at ends of spine, clean throughout, tight binding, nice jacket.
Published by Random House Inc, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0679435050ISBN 13: 9780679435051
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade Edition Stated. 210 Pages Indexed. Second Printing of the First Trade Edition. Dust jacket price $23.00 is unclipped. No marks or stamps noted. Gift quality. This provocative new collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner deals with the challenging themes of discovery and surprise in history. The author has had unparalleled success in writing history and essays. The Discoverers, The Creators, and The Americans have been acclaimed all over the world and have been translated into twenty-five languages. Cleopatra's Nose is not a miscellany but rather a selection of recent essays illustrating specific subjects that have preoccupied Boorstin for several decades. Tantalizing themes all: How sometimes discovery only increases our ignorance. What were the specific historical opportunities in the New World? How has the fourth kingdomthe kingdom of machines-contradicted Darwinian expectations, contributed to a confusion of statistics, created the need for the unnecessary, and highlighted the paradoxes of science and the politics of common sense? In a personal postscript, Boorstin gives us a memorable and affectionate portrait of his father and optimistically celebrates the United States as the Land of the Unexpected.
Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1987
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Included. 1987 2nd ptg. ISBN: 0-06-039071-9. 1700 shelf. Index. No printed price dj flap -- Book Club?Mr & Mrs John Adams, FDR, other chapters in Amer. history William Graef dj. very good+, nf dj, gold-stamped sky blue cloth, tight 332 pgs 332 p. Book.
Published by Vintage Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679755187ISBN 13: 9780679755180
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 6th printing edition. 224 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.