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Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond

Catalogued August 31, 2026

The Work

First published
1997
Original publisher
W. W. Norton & Company

Drew's Copy

Edition
Norton paperback edition with a new afterword
Printing
Forty-seventh printing
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Published in
New York
Copy published
1999
ISBN
0-393-31755-2
Binding
Trade paperback
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Unread
Condition
Used copy with cover rubbing, creasing, edge wear, corner wear, and light page toning
World HistoryHuman SocietiesGeographyAgricultureTechnologyEpidemic DiseaseColonialismCultural DiffusionSocial Evolution

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Used bookstore purchase
Context
Purchased from a local used bookstore around 2019 or 2020
Provenance
Drew bought this copy from a local used bookstore that has since closed.

How This Copy Came to the Library

Picked up from a local used book store back in 2019 or 2020. Sadly that book store has since closed shop.

About This Copy

This Norton paperback was first published in 1999 and includes a new afterword about the modern world. The number line begins with 47, identifying this copy as the forty-seventh printing. The back cover gives ISBN 0-393-31755-2 and a United States price of $16.95.

Memories & Connections

Picked up from a local used book store back in 2019 or 2020. Sadly that book store has since closed shop.

Jared Diamond examines why human societies developed at different rates across continents, arguing that geography, food production, domesticated plants and animals, epidemic disease, technology, and political organization shaped the unequal distribution of power in the modern world.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel
The front cover of Drew's Norton paperback edition of Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Back cover of Drew's copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel
The back cover describes the book's global historical argument and identifies the edition as including a new afterword.
Title page of Drew's copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel
The title page identifies the book's subtitle, The Fates of Human Societies, and W. W. Norton as publisher.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel
The copyright page records the 1997 and 1999 copyrights, the 1999 Norton paperback edition, ISBN 0-393-31755-2, and the printing number line.