The Historian as Detective: : Essays on Evidence
by Winks, Robin W. (ed.)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, offset/toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: mild edge wear, age soil, not clipped ($10.95)
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row, 1969. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, offset/toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: mild edge wear, age soil, not clipped ($10.95). 8vo 543pp. from front flap: "Was Richard II the hysteric that Shakespeare and tradition say he was? Was Stonehenge built for worship and sacrifice, or as an astronomical computer? Were Homer's descriptions of the seas and landfalls of Ulysses' journey wholly fanciful? These cases and two dozen more, ranging from the identity-crisis of Martin Luther to the murder of John F. Kennedy, are included in this fascinating collection of historical detection classics." #01946.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1884
- Title
- The Historian as Detective
- Author
- Winks, Robin W. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, offset/toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: mild edge wear, age soil, not clipped ($10.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- history, hoax, forgery, documents, nonfiction evidence, first edition, anthology, essays,
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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