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Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Five hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the New World, the debate over the European impact on Native American civilization has grown more heated than ever. Among the first?and most insistent?voices raised in that debate was that of a Spanish priest, Bartolomé de Las Casas, acquintance of Cortes and Pizarro and shipmate of Velasquez on the voyage to conquer Cuba. In 1552, after forty years of witnessing?and opposing?countless acts of brutality in the new Spanish colonies, Las Casas returned to Seville, where he published a book that caused a storm of controversy that persists to the present day.The Devastation of the Indies is an eyewitness account of the first modern genocid, a story of greed, hypocrisy, and cruelties so grotesque as to rival the worst of our own century. Las Casas writes of men, women and children burned alive "thirteen at a time in memoery of Our Redeemer and his twelve apostles." He describes butcher shops that sold human flesh for dog food ("Give me a quarter of that rascal there," one customer says, "until I can kill some more of my own"). Slave ship captains navigate "without need if compass or charts," following instead the trail of floating corpes tossed overboard by the ship before them. Native kings are promised peace, then slaughted. Whole families hang themselves in despair. Once-fertile islands are turned to desert, the wealth of nations plundered, millions killed outright, whole peoples annihilated.In an introduction, historian Bill M. Donovan provides a brief biography of Las Casas and reviews the controversy his work produced among Europeans, whose indignation?and denials?lasted centuries. But the book itself is short. "Were I to describe all this," writes Las Casas of the four decades of suffering he witnessed, "no amount of time and paper could emcimpass this task.".…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Corners are slightly bent. Used - Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st US Printing. Dustjacket is good minus. DJ has scratches to the rear and is smudged, rubbed, and yellowed. Sticker residue on DJ front.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Translation. 186 pages; No reprint date stated. Likely 1970s. Cocked spine. Creasing on spine. Moderate to heavy rubbing on the covers. Foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. Reading copy. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Rpt. (Orig. title: FANDANGO). #250. Paperback. 185pp + 5pp ads. G-VG. Mod.+ spine slant; light-mod. readers crease detracts lightly+. Small letter in pencil in forecorner of front cv doesn't detract. Tight; bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Terracotta cl., gilt lettering w. black, gilt, black lines. Edges tanned, bottom corners rubbed. Backstr. gilt lettering on black w. gilt lines, black lines, bottom chipped. Name ffep. 476pp., tanned. Solid copy.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Translated from the French. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 408 pages, black cloth with gilt title on spine. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a very good, clean, moderately worn dust jacket with rubbing at the folds and a short edge tear, with original price.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Zustand: G+. No Jacket. 316 pp, a nice solid copy with a little cover wear.

Hard cover. Zustand: Fine in very good dust jacket. 172 p. An Inspector Forbin case, translated from French by Herma Briffault. Clean tight unmarked copy. Dust jacket is worn a little on edges, but now encased in mylar.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Very good paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. A very good plus paperback. Second printing 1967. Reading creases.

hardcover. Zustand: fair. Scribner's, NY, 1937, 1st., 8vo., cloth, 476pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, torn spine caps, fair $.

Hardcover. Zustand: USED Good.

Paperback. 95-113 very good , creases (ADVENTURE NOVEL), paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Avon paperback edition, first printing # 272 of this novel about the twisted desires of aristocracy. Light edgewear. Light corner creases to the cover. Lamination slightly lifting along the edge of the cover. Pages and cover are out of alignment - a possible repair by previous owner. Age toning to the cover and pages. In Good Condition.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. DJ spine discolored ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1.20 inches fmc2%262D.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Softcover. Good used condition (spine crease; corner bumped; cover soil; owner name--pages are bright).