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The Book of Assassins: A Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present
by Fetherling, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0785821813
- ISBN 13
- 9780785821816
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Castle Books, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Fine black cloth binding with silver titles to spine, clean and unmarked, lower corners lightly rubbed, tight & solid sewn binding. Pages edges clean and white. Rear hinge intact and tight but doesn't lay down completely flat. Internals as new. Black glossy jacket with illustration - Top: Jacques-Louis David. "The Death of Marat (1793); unclipped; trace wear to extremities. The life stories of assassins throughout history: the infamous and the overlooked, the madmen and the zealots, the incompetent and the ruthlessly efficient., those who failed and those who succeeded. 391 pages with index. Castle Books, USA, 2006.
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- Title
- The Book of Assassins: A Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present
- Author
- Fetherling, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0785821813
- ISBN 13
- 9780785821816
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ASSASSINS ASASSINATIONS ADOLPH HITLER HENRI IV OF FRANCE JOHN F KENNEDY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WILLIAM MCKINLEY UMBERTO I ITALY VICTORIA GREAT BRITAIN ANDREW JACKSON JULIUS CAESAR
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