New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 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. 1997. W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

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New York, New York, U.S.A. : W W Norton & Co., Inc., Date: 1997. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, 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 ...

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New York: W. W. Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393038912 . Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. First Edition. The author dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 480 pages . 1997. W. W. Norton ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Complete number line. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped (no price) bumped at the edges. Quarter yellow buckram with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning work that attempts to explain the success of Eurasian and North African civilizations throughout history. 1997. W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

W W Norton & Co Inc, Date: 1997. Hard cover wit. Used: Very good. 6x1x9. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Classical History / Classical Civilisation; Very good hardcover with dustjacket; ink notes front paste down and front free end page, ink marginalia and underlining various pages; dustjacket slight crease, tips/edges bumped, slight signs of wear; prompt shipping with tracking. 1997. W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. Hardcover. New. 480 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. 1997. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [GB]

W W Norton & Co Inc, Date: 1997. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. 1997 Norton hard cover - 1st edition 3rd printing - minor wear to edge of dust jacket - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy 1997. W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

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W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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. 1997. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. Tight and unmarked Book Club hardcover in a jacket. 480pp., illustrations, index. In a very nice jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 1997. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

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W W Norton & Co Inc, Date: 1997. hardcover. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. 6x1x9. 480 clean, unmarked, tight pages; cover is clean and sturdy; very light shelf and corner wear on dust jacket 1997. W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York] Softcover First Edition VG/none, used, 6th printing, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 480pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners rubbed.
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W W Norton & Co Inc, Date: 1997-03-01. Hardcover. Good. 9x5x1. New York, 1997; illustrated paper covers; mild corner and edge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; notations and underlining early, otherwise very good; 480 pages. 1997. W W Norton & Co Inc ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., Date: 1997. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1997. Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

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