The Ordeal of Civilization by Robinson, James Harvey - 1926

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear, mild foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ G: age toning, mild chipping and edge wear, clipped.. 8vo 769pp. from front flap: "No modern scholar has done more to make history a living, a vital and a fascinating subject than the distinguished author of "The Mind in the Making." This new volume is Professor Robinson's most important work. Teh result of more than a quarter of a century's research, it allows scope for the play of his brilliance and originality on that great period of history extending from the fall of the Roman Empire to the era that has succeeded the World War." #01621.