Distant Mirror, First Edition (45 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A history of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years' War. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Condition: Covers have edge wear, corner thumbing with markings on spine from being read. Pages are clean with light age tanning. Binding is firm.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cover has stains and scratches. Creasing to the corners.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Some spine creases but spine itself tight. Pages clean. Some shelf wear to cover.

A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman, hardcover in dustjacket, 1st edition Knopf, 1978. The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight-in all his valor and "furious follies," a "terrible worm in an iron cocoon." Praise for A Distant Mirror "Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how it was. . . . No one has ever done this better."-The New York Review of Books "A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer."-The Wall Street Journal "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition."-Commentary GRAYPLAS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Eighth Printing. 6.75 X 1.75 X 9.75 inches; 677 pages; B&W illustrations. Color illustrations. Underlining on the foreword. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Fading on spine and on cover edges. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; 677 pages; Creasing to covers and spine, moderate to heavy. Yellowing (light) to pages. Some light wear to spine and front cover was repaired with tape by previous owner. No markings or other noteworthy defects. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

hardcover. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 677 pp., First printing of the first edition. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Ninth printing. 8vo, xx + 678pp. Illustrated with color plates and mapped endpapers. Hardcover, bound in original cloth with pictorial dustjacket. In very good plus condition. Firm binding and crisp, clean, pages. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Minor shelf-wear or rubbing to extremities. The d/j is unclipped and protected in a new clear Mylar wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of Barbara Tuchman's classic portrait of Europe in the 14th century -- an era of armed conflict, plague, the danse macbre, competing popes, and Joan of Arc. 677 pages, cloth, illustrated. The book has a bit of foxing of the page edges and a bit of edge wear. The dust jacket has edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 6.75 X 1.75 X 9.75 inches; 676 pages; illustrations and maps. Second printing before publication. Light foxing and discoloration on the top exterior edge of textblock. Minor speckles on the other edges. Wear on DJ edges, minor tears. Minor stain on DJ's spine foot. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Trade Edition (so stated). New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1978. Near Fine condition in a gorgeous, bright and shiny Very Fine dust jacket. The jacket is in PERFECT condition but a mild crease to the front turn-in flap. NO chips, tears, fading or rubbing. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Square and tight. Sharp corners. The book itself would be Fine but for tiny tape residue marks on the endpapers. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. 1978 "First Trade Edition" is so stated. Well illustrated with 5 maps, 40 plates, 8 pages in full color. Illustrated endpapers. Reference notes (p. 619-654). Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The prize-winning historian traces the major currents of the fourteenth century, revealing the century's great historical rhythms and events and the texture of daily life at all levels of European society." From a 2013 review by Jiang Xuegin: "Barbara Tuchman's 'A Distant Mirror' is a superb work of serious scholarship and precise prose. She is easily one of our best historians, and easily the best in terms of range and prose. Concerning itself with 14th century Europe, 'A Distant Mirror' primarily concerns itself with the Hundred Years War between France and England, and the tumultuous dynastic struggles both nations faced. Started for no particular purpose, the French-English rivalry soon developed a life of its own so that soon enough war was its own cause. Making matters much worse was the code of chivalry that the knights demanded that they live by, which essentially called for making war for war's sake, and ignored the national interest as well as the plight of the peasants (sadly enough, even if knights died long ago as a viable battlefield tactic the code of chivalry continues to the modern period, with tragic consequences -- see Tuchman's discussion of the French taste for elan in her superb 'Guns of August'). What makes the book such a fun and fascinating read is Tuchman's discussion of political intrigue, which is instantly recognizable to anyone who's read 'Game of Thrones' or ever worked in an office setting.". First Trade Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xx, 679pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman. Hardcover first edition published in 1979 by The Franklin Library. Bound in full leather. No attached bookplate. Book is in fine condition.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited First Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1978. First (1st) Printing (no others listed) of the "First Trade Edition" (stated). Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth, color uniform throughout, with the author's initials in bright gilt to the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked map endpapers ("Europe in the 14th Century" in the front, and "Nicopolis and Other Castles on the Danube" in the back). The Dust Jacket is bright colors uniform throughout except for some discoloration at the top of the front panel, and intact, but price-clipped, and wear to the head of the spine. See the photos. xx, 677, [i] pages plus 8 unnumbered pages of semi-gloss color illustrations and 34 unnumbered pages of semi-gloss black and white illustrations. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 2". Winner of the 1980 U.S. National Book Award in History, this history of Europe in a crucial time period recounts events from of the Hundred Years' War, the Black Plague, the Papal Schism, pillaging mercenaries, anti-Semitism, popular revolts including the Jacquerie in France, the liberation of Switzerland, the Battle of the Golden Spurs, and various peasant uprisings, and the advance of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, including the disastrous Battle of Nicopolis. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,291 grams / 45.4 ounces, and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0394400267 / ISBN 13: 9780394400266.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Trade Edtion stated. Clean, tight hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($15.95) with light toning to the panel edges, else fine. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy of the first printing in original jacket; a true survivor. Indexed and with maps and illustrations. xx, 677pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xv, 125 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. A history of the University. A fine copy of a surprisingly rare book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth printing. Tall octavo. 677pp. Black and white plates. Black cloth with some sunning at the top and bottom edges, near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light tanning and wear, and a bit of soil.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xvi, 326pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very light foxing to page edges. Jacket with several tears, creases and edge wear. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nicholson, Trudy (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, Alfred a Knopf Inc. 677 numbered pages, bibliography, notes, index. Black cloth binding with spine and front board stamped in gilt. Bright, clean, tight, and square text block, no marks of any kind. Map end papers. Corners sharp. Fore-edges of the leaves are rough-cut, as issued. Unclipped DJ ($15.95) in clear archival protector, very slight edge wear but no rips or tears. Shipped in a sturdy cardboard box for added protection.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition Limited Edition In Full Black Leather. The Author's Masterpiece ofFourteenth Century and The Black Death. Gorgeous Perfect Copy.Owner's Book Plate.

Hardcover. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/4 inch open tear at bottom of front gutter. ; 8.3 X 5.6 X 2.1 inches; 720 pages.

Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine copy, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All edges gilt, pages clean. First edition.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Good in wraps. Rubbing along panel edges. Creased spine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing., Unmarked, tight and square. Map endpapers. Clean, seemingly unread text is supple. Price intact jacket has short crease on front flap and tiny bit of wear, else fine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(2nd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 677pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. American historian, Barbara Tuchman, describes the 14th century in Europe as an age of chivalry & princely splendor on one hand & an age of plague & chaos on the other with England & France at war.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition So Stated, First Printing. Large octavo, original black cloth over boards, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, deckle edge, color illustrated dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, color and black and white plates throughout. Narrative history book about the fourteenth century by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman. Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket, light shelf wear, slight foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. Two volumes. Black decorative cloth, gilt titles, gold slipcase. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam 429pp. b/w & col. plates; A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century 693pp. col. plates; maps; map to end papers. Some shelf wear to slipcase; small superficial tear to top RH corner. Spines very slightly bumped, o'wise in excellent condition; appear hardly read. HEAVY SET - UK AND OVERSEAS ORDERS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.

Hardcover. First Edition; Eleventh Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.