About this title: Since its first publication in two volumes between 1926-28, this work has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our time. Spengler probes the origin and "fate" of our civilization, presenting a world view based on the cyclical rise and decline of cultures. "An exciting excursion through history".--Time.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 393p., 23 cm. Abridged ed. originally published as Der Untergang des Abendlandes, gekurzte Ausgabe. Beck'sche, 1959. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1945-06-12
ISBN-13:9780394421766ISBN:0394421760
Description: Fair. A good reading copy, pages clear, shelf and edge wear, cocked, corners bumped, page edges rough cut, an ex-library copy with usual library markings, paper remains where a paste down cover was removed from inside covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1996-10
ISBN-13:9780394421797ISBN:0394421795
Description: Fair. A good reading copy, pages clear, shelf and edge wear, cocked, corners bumped, page edges rough cut, an ex-library copy with usual library markings, paper remains where a paste down cover was removed from inside covers. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2006-04-11
ISBN-13:9781400097005ISBN:1400097002
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781400097005. read more
Description: Very Good. 1400097002 Somewhat typical used book with some shelf wear to cover. Your satisfaction is of course guaranteed. We ship the same or next day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400097005ISBN:1400097002
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1983
Description: Near Fine in Very Good- jacket. Small 4to, 9.75 " tall. Hardcover, with DJ (now in mylar sleeve. ) Mild bump on front cover bottom edge, otherwise book fine, as new. DJ lightly rubbed, pinprick hole light edgewear. Black cloth, 428 + xxxi (Index) pages, 3 fold-out tables at rear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Description: VG in GOOD jacket. Pages clean. Binding sound. Owner's name. Dust Jacket has minor edgewear with small tears with clip to front endflap. 1962. Giant Edition. Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic BRODART cover. 415pp. Index. read more
Edition: Abridged.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195066340ISBN:0195066340
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. . Oxford Paperbacks. Audience: General/trade. Soft cover edition. 5 1/4 by 8 inches. 415 pages plus index at back. read more
"Spengler's organic theory of history. One of the most important books I've ever read.
Theory in a nutshell: cultures, like any organism, have births, lives, and deaths. Spengler argues that Western civilization has entered the death throes."
"This massive treatise is quite tendentious, as many critics point out. But the magnificence of the undertaking as well as the encyclopedic knowledge of history contained herein, make this 2-part opus a monumental achievement."
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