Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Signed)
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1998). First edition, first printing. Black and white illustrations, plates. Hardcover. Octavo. 480 pages. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small prior owner name stamped on front pastedown, "D21" penned neatly at top fore corner of front free endpaper, else fine.
Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the major factors shaping the history of human societies. Diamond concludes that Eurasian hegemony resulted from geological and environmental factors rather than differences in genomes.
This first edition is inscribed, without personalization, "Best wishes, / Jared Diamond" at top of title page.
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