Overview
Oversized Hardcover (1357pp) with dust jacket in Very Good (VG) condition. Slight wear from years of storage but clean and crisp. No discernible flaws.
Book of the Year for 1987.
"Imagine being there at the turning points of modern history - the Assembly Line, the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, D-Day, the Bomb, the Moon Landing. Picture yourselves in front seats at famous victories in sports, witness the moments when science made giant leaps into the future, read the gossip, recall the great movies, attend the century's legendary art exhibits, follow the lives of social celebrities and popular performers, find out who won the Nobel Prizes, the Olympics and the elections; watch the stories of the shocking disasters in the morning paper." From dust jacket.