1961 Study of History Arnold Toynbee 12 Volumes (Including Atlas) Mixed States

Description: A Study of History By Arnold J. Toynbee, Hon. D.Litt. Oxon. And Birmingham Hon. LL.D. Princeton, F.B.A., Director of Studies in the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Research Professor of International History in the University of London (both on the Sir Daniel Stevenson Foundation). Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press. Mixed Editions, Mixed States. Uniform binding (except for Vol. X) measuring 8.5 x 5.5”, 8vos. (Atlas measures 10 x 7.5”). Vol. I: Introduction: The Geneses of Civilizations, part one. Second Edition, Fourth Impression (1948); Vol. II: The Geneses of Civilizations, part two Second Edition, Fourth Impression (1948), Vol. III: The Growths of Civilizations, Second Edition, Fourth Impression (1948); Vol. IV: The Breakdowns of Civilizations, First Edition, Fourth Impression (1948); Vol. V: The Disintegrations of Civilizations, part one, First Edition, Fourth Impression (1948); Vol. VI: The Disintegrations of Civilizations, part two, First Edition, Fourth Impression (1948); Vol. VII: Universal States; Universal Churches First Edition (1954); Vol. VIII: Heroic Ages; Contacts between Civilizations in Space (Encounters between Contemporaries) First Edition (1954); Vol. IX: Contacts between Civilizations in Time (Renaissances); Law and Freedom in History; The Prospects of the Western Civilization, First Edition (1954); Vol. X: The Inspirations of Historians; A Note on Chronology, First Edition (1954, with dust jacket & green cloth binding); Vol. XI: Historical Atlas and Gazetteer, First Edition, 1959, Ex-library University of California, Berkeley;Vol. XII: Reconsiderations, First Edition, 1961. In fair condition. Red cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines rubbed. Gilt lettering on spines normally dulled, especially volume numbers, but overall clean and legible. Water or tea dampness staining to tails of volumes IV, V, & VI’s spines. Light foxing to top edge of Vol. X. Vol. X’s dust jacket is normally toned on spine from sun-exposure & creased on front cover. Small water or tea dampness staining to dust jacket’s tail of spine. Vol. XI (Atlas) exhibits white ex-library hand-writing & black marker on tail of spine. Vol. XI exhibits ex-library ink stamps on front and rear paste-downs & end-pages. Light toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Bindings intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH FBA (1889 – 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which position he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain. He is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History (1934–1961). With his prodigious output of papers, articles, speeches and presentations, and numerous books translated into many languages, Toynbee was a widely read and discussed scholar in the 1940s and 1950s. Toynbee's goal was to trace the development and decay of 19 or 21 world civilizations in the historical record, applying his model to each of these civilizations, detailing the stages through which they all pass: genesis, growth, time of troubles, universal state, and disintegration. The 19 (or 21) major civilizations, as Toynbee sees them, are: Egyptian, Andean, Sumerian, Babylonic, Hittite, Minoan, Indic, Hindu, Syriac, Hellenic, Western, Orthodox Christian (having two branches: the main or Byzantine body and the Russian branch), Far Eastern (having two branches: the main or Chinese body and the Japanese-Korean branch), Islamic (having two branches which later merged: Arabic and Iranic), Mayan, Mexican and Yucatec. Moreover, there are three "abortive civilizations" (Abortive Far Western Christian, Abortive Far Eastern Christian, Abortive Scandinavian) and five "arrested civilizations" (Polynesian, Eskimo, Nomadic, Ottoman, Spartan), for a total of 27 or 29. A COMPLETE SET IN TWELVE VOLUMES! Mixed Editions & Mixed States (either first or second editions). GIFT QUALITY. FORN-SHELF-0429-BB-2407-HK1850

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