Guns Germs Steel Fates by Diamond Jared, First Edition (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. little to no shelf ware, pages are clean with no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dj Has Light Edgewear With Couple Tiny Tears & Light Soiling. Light Wear. Light Soiling. The Bottom Corner, Near Hinge Of The First Several Pages Are Wavy Like They Have Been Damp & A Few Of The Them Also Have A Small Tear Near Hinge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. paperback, illustrated, 480 pages, page edges spotted otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B139.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 480 Pages, Illustrated. An Unmarked Book In A Complete Dustjacket - All Near "As New". Not Ex Library. A Heavy Book, Overseas Shipping Will Exceed The Abebooks.Com Default Rate - Please Email The Bookseller For An Overseas Shipping Quote.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide.The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestsellerover 1.5 million copies soldis now a major PBS special. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide. The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, "Guns, Germs and Steel" encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as thehistories of dinosaurs and glaciers. 32 illustrations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition stated; full number line. Tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar has a trace of edgewear. ; 6.5 X 1.5 X 9.75 inches; 480 pages.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover, light waterr stain to base of internal side).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Pulitzer Prize winner. First printing. Near fine in a near fine (a bit faded along the spine, corner creases to front flap) dust jacket.; 480 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing of 1st edition, as stated and with complete number line, with first state dust jacket. Like new/near fine condition. Text is unmarked and clean. Corners sharp. Pages bright and crisp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Unclipped dust jacket has price of $27.95 on front flap and date of 3-97 on back flap. Dust jacket looks like new and is in protective Mylar wraps. Superb condition, from a private collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression of this important Pulitzer winner. Scarce. VG+ with a slight spine lean, in VG+ unclipped jacket. SLIGHTLY HEAVIER THAN AVERAGE - THERE MAY BE SOME EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE THE UK - THANKS.

Hardcover. Condition: SIGNED / VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY DIAMOND TO TITLE PAGE, FIRST PRINTING. used hardcover in dust jacket. jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, with a number of small chips and tears at the extremeties, though still largely intact. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 480 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with several sections of black and white plates. Page edges are lightly smudged. Quarterbound in brown cloth and dark grey paper. Silver titles on the spine. Orange and white illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition with orange and black titles. Lightly scuffed on the spine, lightly worn around the edges. 1ST EDITION. NPC. NF/NF.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, roughly clipped with some text affected, bumped at the edges. Quarter yellow buckram with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The true first printing of Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning work that attempts to explain the success of Eurasian and North African civilizations throughout history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good plus. 1st Edition. Hardcover book in gray and half yellow cloth binding with titles in silver. The book is clean and tight. The book was never read. The jacket is beautiful with scene of civilizations fighting on the front cover and important comments on the back. " No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field, none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity, that Jared Diamond as illustrated by this book. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition." -Edward O. Wilson Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition, first printing of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 480pp. Gray hardcover, yellow cloth spine, title stamped in silver. Full number line on copyright page. Light soiling to cloth spine, previously read. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $27.50 on front flap, touch of wear along top edge, some shelf wear, a very good example. This historical work by Jared Diamond won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1998.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition with full number line. Inscribed/signed by Diamond ("Jared") to the ffep, in 1998. Spine ends slightly pushed else tight and square. The DJ in mylar has gentle shelfwear, softening to spine ends. ; 6.5 X 1.5 X 9.75 inches; 480 pages; Signed by Author.