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Original cloth with dustjacket, spine of the dustjacket somewhat discolored, else in (very) good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue coloured hardback book, with gilt tile impressions on the spine. Beautiful dust wrapper included, not price clipped and in super condition. The book is in excellent condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. On first blank page, personal inscription, dated 1999, and below is signature of Daniel Snowman, co-editor of the book. 248 pages all intact, nice tight binding. All pages, text and illustrations are in excellent, clean, readable order. The year 200 will be the first millennium humankind has consciously experienced: we look back not a hundred but a thousand years, and in looking back we are better prepared to plan ahead. From the apocalyptic vision of medieval Judgement day sermons to the decadence of the current fin de siècle, from the invention of printing to cloning and computerisation, this book is a pertinent guide to the future as well as the past.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fins de Siecle. As we encounter the new millennium, we find ourselves reassessing the past and looking forward to the future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a 'sense of ending'? In this timely and stimulating book, experts on every century since the fourteenth each explore the characteristics of a different final decade and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Illustrated. 248 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Etat : Near Fine. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Shiny paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new on all points. Stax. Essays.