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Titanic: The Official Story April 14-15, 1912
NY: Random House Inc. 1997 0375501150 / 9780375501159 First Edition Unbound As New As New
First printing. Boxed set of facsimile documents reproduced from the originals, including the Titanic's deck plans, lifeboat certification, the final telegram from the ship, newspaper front pages, etc. Over one hundred pages of documents. A must for the Titanic enthusiast, now out of print. Very fine, still sealed in the publisher's original shrink wrap.
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45.00 USD
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Aldred, Cyril Jewels of the Pharaohs
NY: Praeger Publishers 1971 Hard Cover Very Near Fine Very Near Fine
First edition. With 193 illustrations, 100 in full color. Distinguished Egyptologist Aldred discusses jewelry pieces from the greatest collections in the world, detailing their meaning and history, their artistic significance, and the techniques used in their execution. A Very Near Fine copy (PO's name penned to FFEP) in a very near fine dust jacket.
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24.00 USD
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Aldred, Cyril Jewels of the Pharaohs
NY: Praeger Publishers 1971 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Near Fine
First printing. With 193 illustrations, 100 in full color. Distinguished Egyptologist Aldred discusses jewelry pieces from the greatest collections in the world, detailing their meaning and history, their artistic significance, and the techniques used in their execution. A Fine copy in a Very Near Fine jacket.
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30.00 USD
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Attenborough, Richard In Search of Gandhi
London & NY: The Bodley Head and New Century Publishers 1982 0-8329-0237-3 / 9780832902376 First Edition Large Format Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing. Large format hardcover, fully illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Attenborough's tale of his obsession with filming the story of Gandhi, taking him to near bankruptcy and sparking controversy in India, and the triumphant resulting film (which won the Best Picture Oscar). A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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Butler, John The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press 1995 0300061153 / 9780300061154 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing. Fully illustrated in color and b/w. Recounts the quest for St. Thomas Becket's bones over eight centuries, and includes startling new evidence that has only recently come to light. An intriguing story of politics, science, religiion, conjecture, and romanticism, it explores the mystery of the survival of Catholic England's most precious relics, and presents a telling hypothesis as to their fate. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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Dodek, Miriam Selker River of Wonders
Tel-Aviv: Joshua Chachik Publishing House 1967 First Edition Thus Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+
First printing. Illustrated in two-color and b/w drawings. Enchanting stories based on the lore of Ancient Egypt. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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Douglas, Adam The Beast Within/a History of the Werewolf
London: Chapmans Publishers Ltd 1993 1855925745 / 9781855925748 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing. Illustrated. A history of one of man's most potent symbols, ranging from early Palaeolithic animal cults to modern psychiatric wards, examining lycanthropy in Classical Greece and Ancient Egypt, in Celtic, Norse and even Christian mythology. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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40.00 USD
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Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt, and Grace Person Hayes The Campaigns on the Turkish Fronts (The Military History of World War I Series)
NY: Franklin Watts 1967 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Fully illustrated with photographs. Includes Turkish offensives in the Caucasus, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf, the naval effort at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli, the Mesopotamian Front, and many other campaigns. PO's small stamp to top of FFEP, else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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20.00 USD
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Goodenough, Simon Citizens of Rome
NY: Crown 1979 0-517-53750-8 / 9780517537503 First Edition Large Format Hard Cover Very Near Fine Very Near Fine
First printing. Fully illustrated in color and b/w. Looks behind the calm and austere mask of empire and finds out how the ordinary Roman spent his day. A very near fine copy in like dust jacket.
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15.00 USD
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Howarth, David 1066: The Year of the Conquest
NY: Viking 1977 0670696013 / 9780670696017 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Illustrated. Brings alive the struggle for the English succession, won by the able and fated Harold, the separate invaion from Norway by raucous King Harald Hardrada and Tostig, the deposed Earl of Northumbria, brilliantly foiled by Harold at Stamford Bridge only days before William's landing, and vividly re-creates the invasion and battle themselves. PO's (small) name to top of FFEP, else fine in fine dust jacket.
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10.00 USD
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Huizinga, J. The Waning of the Middle Ages
NY: St. Martin's Press 1984 0312855400 / 9780312855406 First Edition Thus Hard Cover Fine Fine
First printing of this reissue of the 1924 edition. Illustrated. PO's name and date to the top of FFEP, else fine in fine dust jacket.
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17.50 USD
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Kann, Robert A. A History of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1918
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press 1977 0520024087 / 9780520024083 Hard Cover Very Near Fine Fine
Second printing with corrections. Describes, surveys, and discusses the major historical aspects of the Habsburg empire -- diplomatic, political, socioeconomic, and cultural. A very near fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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10.00 USD
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