Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins (178 results)

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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

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Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. first printing. 396pp., index. 8vo. Uncreased spine, Very Good trade paperback.

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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age, Eksteins, Modris. Published by Mariner Books, 2000. Softcover. In fine condition with small remainder mark top edge. " In a remarkable display of originality and discerning historical analysis Rites Of Spring describes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of the Great War of 1914-1918, arguably the most traumatic event of this century".

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very good. Illus., index; 396pp. Paperback, From the collection of Dr Vivien Noakes [1937-2011] who was a leading authority on both Edward Lear and the First World War.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Underlining to introductory and first two pages; otherwise tight and clean. ; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.40 inches; 396 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Heavy rubbing on edges. ; 6.11 X 1.07 X 9.1 inches; 512 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Spotting to endpapers and leaves.

xvi+396pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Includes B&W photograph plates. A near fine copy. First edition.From the collection of Australian academic and art historian Leigh Astbury with his signature. Sometimes with a little unobtrusive marginalia.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good.

PAPERBACK, cover price $12.95, very good used copy with some finger marks on foredges, some wear to covers from reading and moving. EKSTEINS, MODRIS. Rites of spring: the Great War and the birth of the modern age. New York: Anchor Books, 1990, First Anchor Books edition, April 1990, xvi, 396pp., . In a remarkable display of originality and discerning historical analysis Rites Of Spring describes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of the Great War of 1914-1918, arguably the most traumatic event of this century. - CONTENTS: Paris -- Berlin -- In Flanders' Fields -- Rites of war -- Reason in madness -- Sacred dance -- Journey to the interior -- Night dancer -- Memory -- Spring without end. 9780385412025 ISBN 0385412029.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Uncorrected proof copy, tall 8vo in red/white patterned wrappers, 369pp, VG+ (light foxing to edges and endpapers, light rubbing).

Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 396, "Named "One of the 100 best books ever published in Canada" (Literary Review of Canada), Rites of Spring is a brilliant and captivating work of cultural history from the internationally acclaimed scholar and writer Modris Eksteins. A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism. Dazzling? book.

, worn dust-jacket torn at top of spine, frayed edges, cover price $24.95, good used black cloth, BUT spine cloth is indented, pressed in at top of spine and vertically, foxing on top foredge, binding and text in very good shape otherwise. EKSTEINS, MODRIS. Rites of spring. The Great War and the birth of the Modern Age. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xvi, 396pp., . A Peter Davison book. - CONTENTS: Map of the Western Front xi -- Prologue: Venice -- I Paris -- II Berlin -- III In Flanders' Fields -- IV Rites of War -- V Reason in Madness -- VI Sacred Dance -- VII Journey to the Interior -- VIII Night Dancer -- IX Memory -- X Spring Without End. 9780395498569 ISBN 0395498562.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. cloth hard cover ,thick ,tall 8vo. illustrated 396 PP very good copy in very good dust Jacket.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy 8vo. 511pp., b/w plates, map, notes, sources, index, describes the origins, the impact, and aftermath of the Great War ; the most traumatic event of the 20th Century. Once the war had passed, a deep psychic depression settled over Europe, broken only by hysterical events: plague, revolution, inflation, dislocation. The book ends with the suicide of Hitler in his bunker in1945.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. 1 volume in-8° (14 x 22,5 cm), broché-collé, de 424pp, notes & réf., sources, index nominum ; B.E. / Sommaire : Venise (prologue) - Paris - Berlin - dans les Flandres - le sacre de la guerre - la raison dans la folie - la danse sacrée - voyage vers l'intérieur - le danseur de la nuit - la mémoire - un printemps sans fin. / "Ce livre qui s'ouvre sur le Sacre de Stravinski au printemps 1913, s'achève par le suicide de Hitler dans son bunker de Berlin au printemps 1945 () Davantage qu'une histoire du siècle, ce grand livre dérangeant explore les origines de la sensibilité moderne.".

Bantam Press, London 1989. Illustrated in b/w. XVI+396 pages. Original halfcloth in dust wrapper. Some nicks and tears to wrapper edges. Spine ends with lightsunning. Very good-/very good-- wrapper.