Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
by Pringle, Heather; Rowland, Wade
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670888028
- ISBN 13
- 9780670888023
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Penguin Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670888028 . Small spot top front board, otherwise only slight wear to book and dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W and color plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; "The Mummy Congress takes us on a journey over five continents and back nearly 7,000 years. Pringle tells how mummies have been venerated as saints, fought over by politicians, collected as artistic treasures and investigated for clues to ancient civilization's drug use. In these pages lie child mummies of northern Chile, preserved household pets of ancient Egypt and the new crop of mummification services being hyped on the internet. " .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21760
- Title
- Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
- Author
- Pringle, Heather; Rowland, Wade
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670888028
- ISBN 13
- 9780670888023
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0670888028
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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