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Cleopatra
by Stacy Schiff
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0316001929
- ISBN 13
- 9780316001922
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Exquisitely designed book , gold titling spine , black wrapped boards, and papers with scenes from the Nile , very good, just the slightest amount of wear at the head foot of book at spine bottom / top , Corners good deckle Edge pages dust jacket crisp bright very good minimal amounts of wear on its edges --Magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.Palace shimmered with onyx - gold, richer still in political, sexual intrigue. Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist, ingenious negotiator. Married twice, each time to a brother. Wagering a brutal civil war against the first, poisoned the second; incest, assassination were family specialties. Having, children by Julius Caesar - Mark Antony, two of the most prominent Romans of the day. With Anthony she would attempt to forge a new empire, an alliance that spelled both their ends. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Losing in the drama of circumstance and personality Lost in Time. -----Cleopatra: A Life Author Stacy Schiff, 1st Edition 11th printing, Pub. -Little, Brown, Ny, 2010 November, book design Fritz Metsch, maps by George W. Ward, jacket design Mario J Pulice, jacket photo Jose Picayo, author photo Elena Siebert, ISBN. 0316001929, 9780316001922 384 pages Subjects Biography & Autobiography / Historical / Women, Queen of Egypt, royalty, ancient Egypt. Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. . Cleopatra 4381 biography 40
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-347) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4381
- Title
- Cleopatra
- Author
- Stacy Schiff
- Illustrator
- book design Fritz Metsch, maps by George W. Ward, jacket design Mario J Pulice, jacket photo Jose Picayo, author photo Elena Sie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 11th printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316001929
- ISBN 13
- 9780316001922
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- LCCN
- 2010006988
- Dewey
- 932/.021092
- Keywords
- Cleopatra: A Life Author Stacy Schiff, 1st Edition 11th printing, Pub. -Little, Brown, Ny, 2010 November, book design Fritz Metsch, maps by George W. Ward, jacket design Mario J Pulice, jacket photo Jose Picayo, author photo Elena Siebert, ISBN. 031600192
- Bookseller catalogs
- bibliography;
- Size
- about 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 in
Terms of Sale
Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
Biblio member since 2013
Los Angeles, California
About Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
Small independent business,located in the Los Angeles area,
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