Description
Author: Will Durant
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Publication Date: 1950
Edition/Printing: Ninth Printing
Format: Hardcover, no dust jacket issued (as typical for many mid-century printings), decorative red cloth with gilt religious symbols on cover
Condition: Near Fine — clean, tight binding, sharp corners, light age toning, no writing or markings. Illustrated with maps and plates. A handsome example of a foundational title in Durant’s landmark The Story of Civilization.
Description:
A History of Medieval Civilization — Christian, Islamic, and Judaic — from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325–1300.
In this sweeping volume, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant surveys a millennium of religious, political, intellectual, and artistic upheaval across Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. Lavishly produced with fold-out and text maps, this installment of Durant’s series remains a definitive resource for scholars, collectors, and readers of world history.
Page Count: approx. 1,100+ pages (the standard pagination for Volume IV runs around 1,200 pp depending on printing; Ninth Printing typically ranges ~1,050–1,100 pp).
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Special Features:
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Large, heavy archival-quality binding
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Illustrated maps including Baghdad Caliphate A.D. 750
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Printed by Mahony & Roeser, bound by Haddon Craftsmen, Scranton, PA
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Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 35-10016
