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The Conquest of the Incas
por John Hemming
- Usado
- Aceitável
- Brochura
- first
- Condição
- Aceitável
- Livreiro
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Sphere, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. 1972. First Edition Thus. 641 pages. Paperback book with pictorial paper covers. Contains black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages are heavily tanned, but text remains legible. Plates are bright. Slight dog-earing to last pages. Binding is firm. Paper covers have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable curling to corners. Mild scuffing to covers. Spine is slightly creased and scuffed, with mild chipping to ends.
Sinopse
“Distinguished by an extraordinary empathy, a feeling of one’s way into the minds of the sixteenth-century Spaniards and Indians . . . Provocative.” — New York Times “An extraordinary book. Combining rigorous historical research and profound analysis with stylistic elegance, this work allows the reader to appreciate the tragic and fabulous history of the Incan empire in all its richness and diversity. It reads like the most skillful novel.” — Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. The Conquest of the Incas is the definitive history of this civilization’s overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro’s small gang of conquistadors and the Incas’ valiant attempts to expel the invaders to the destruction of the Inca realm, the oppression of its people, and the modern discoveries of Machu Picchu and the lost city of Vilcabamba. This authoritative, wide-ranging account, grounded in meticulous research and firsthand knowledge and told from the viewpoints of both protagonists, “keeps all the complex issues to the fore . . . the deeper wonder of the conquest and the deeper horror of its results” ( Washington Post ). “The bible for historians and archaeologists studying the final days of the Inca. For the past thirty years, The Conquest of the Incas has remained the most influential book for Inca scholars. There is no other book which is even in the same class.” — Brian S. Bauer, professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, leading archaeologist of the Inca
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 1673877614ADA
- Título
- The Conquest of the Incas
- Autor
- John Hemming
- Formato/Encadernação
- Brochura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Aceitável
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Sphere
- Data de publicação
- 1972
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossário
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
