TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Wells,H.G.
TI  - A short history of the world
T2  - Penguin classics
SN  - 0141441828 (pbk.)
AV  - D21 .W44 2006
U1  - 909 22
PY  - 1956///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - World history
KW  - Histoire universelle
N1  - "Useful as a preparatory excursion before the reading of the author's much fuller and more explicit Outline of history is undertaken ... It is not an abstract or condensation of that former work"--Pref; "First critical edition of the Short history"--P. xxvii; "The present ... edition restores the original 1922 text, which has been completely reset, removing a number of misprints ... end-notes have been added ... amendments have been made to the text ... for greater clarity and consistency"--Note on the text; "First published 1922"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references
ER  -