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Alexander Stille.
The Future of the Past: The Loss of Knowledge in the Age of Information.

Published London: Picador, 2003 (previously issued in hardback, 2002).
ISBN 0330375350;
ISBN-13: 9780330375351.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Size: 129×196×23mm.
Page count: xxi,341pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has a bit of wear on its covers and some creasing on the spine; pages yellowed with age.


This item £6.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price $15.00]
Weight without packaging: 244g.

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No medieval emphasis.

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