ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover First Edition First Edition (stated), First Printing, w/full line # starting at "1'. $27.50 DJ price on front flap & 3-97 date on back flap. Correctly lacking note on DJ re Pulitzer Prize Winner. AS NEW - no defects. Now has an archival quality Mylar cover on DJ. A beautiful copy. Also have FINE or better copies of The Third Chimpanzee and Collapse, both by Jared Diamond and not listed yet - inquire with Bookseller. Bookseller Invt # C00150660C.
[Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York] Hardcover 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.
[Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: Norton] Hardcover Inscribed copy of this provocative Pulitzer Prize winning comparative study of human societies that looks at factors -- such germs and tool making -- yield competitive advantages. Inscribed by Jared Diamond to a previous owner on the front endpaper. 480 pages, illustrated. Second Printing of the First Edition. The dust jacket has a removable "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize" sticker on the front cover. The book has light edge wear and light reading wear.
[Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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W. W. Norton & Company 1997 Book Club Edition. Hard cover Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. : W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Book Club Edition. SIGNED on ffp--signature only. No marks in book. Signed by Author

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W. W. Norton & Company] Hardcover Author inscribed inside front. No other marks and near fine condition. ; Signed by Author
[ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

NY: Norton, 1997 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 0393038912. 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.

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 ...

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co., Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition 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 animals, germs that Eurasians ...

W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Stated first edition, hardcover, with a full number line. As new copy with no flaws, simply pristine. Unclipped DJ protected with mylar cover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 8vo, bookseller #4262. 1997. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.84
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover clean well kept hardcover copy with dust jacket, price tag unclipped,previous owner name,stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number.
[worcester, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

W. W. Norton & Company, Date: 1997. 1st printing, with full number line down to 1. Unmarked copy showing light signs of reader's use and handling. Quarter gold cloth binding. 480pp., illustrations, index. Shelf rubbed jacket retains original price (27.50); offered now in a new mylar cover. Decent first printing copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 1997. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0393038912 9780393038910 [US]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W. W. Norton Company] Hardcover
[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

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]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover First Edition Aside from some foxing to outside of pages, it's a clean copy with well-bound, unmarked and undamaged pages.
[Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W. W. Norton, New York] Hardcover First Edition 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
[Franklin, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York] Hardcover 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.
[Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0393038912, ISBN13: 9780393038910, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES 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.
[Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

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[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]