The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1905-1922
by Taylor, Edmond
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- Condition
- Book VG: age wear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight./DJ fair: heavy edge wear/holes to edge and corner, chipping, NOT clipped.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1963. Book of the Month Club. hardcover. Book VG: age wear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight./DJ fair: heavy edge wear/holes to edge and corner, chipping, NOT clipped.. 8vo 421pp. from front flap: "In the ages before the first global war, four dynasties--the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Ottoman, and Romanov--dominated much of civilization. [. . .] This volume in the MAINSTREAM OF THE MODERN WORLD SERIES covers the period from 1905 to 1922, when these four ruling houses crumbled and fell, destroying old alliances and old boundaries. World War I was precipitated by their decay, and their splintered, baroque rubble proved to be a treacherous base for the new nations that emerged from the war." #01468.
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- Seller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1404
- Title
- The Fall of the Dynasties
- Author
- Taylor, Edmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: age wear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ fair: heavy edge wear/holes to edge and corner, chipping, NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- europe, wwi, dynasty, hohenzollern, habsburg, ottoman, romanov, nonfiction, history
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