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BETTS, PAUL: : RUIN AND RENEWAL: Civilising Europe After the Second World War

LONDON.PROFILE BOOKS LTD.,2020

ISBN 9781788161091.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj,with capitalised grey-lettered author's name,capitalised pale grey lettered part-title and pale khaki lettered sub-title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered part-title+ author name as front's and publisher's capitalised,black- lettered, initialled colophon to foot of same,rear panel with synopsis and critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain dark grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-536pp [paginated] includes an Introduction9 chapters and a Conclusion, contemporary b/w photographs intesrspersed throughout the text,an Afterword,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and to the rear,2pp blanks.                        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          In 1945,Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict,its economies crippled,its societies ripped apart by war and violence.In the wake of the physical devastation came profound moral questions: how could Europe - once proudly confident of its place at the heart of the 'civilised world' - have done this to itself? And what did it mean that it had?      In the years that followed,Europeans - from politicians to refugees,poets to campaigners, religious leaders to communist revolutionaries - tried to make sense of what had happened,and to forge a new understanding of civilisation that would bring peace and progress to a broken continent.As they wrestled with questions great and small - from the legacy of colonialism to workplace etiquette - institutions and shared ideals emerged which still shape our world today.                                           Drawing on original sources as well as individual stories and voices,this is a gripping and authoritative account of how Europe rose from the ashes of WW2 and rebuilt itself - and what we,in the twenty-first century,could lose again. A major new history of post-war Europe.    Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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