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How Did They Die? The Last Days, Words, Afflictions, and Resting Places of Over 300 Notables Throughout History
by Norman and Betty Donaldson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517403021
- ISBN 13
- 9780517403020
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Greenwich House, 1983 Greenwich House, New York. 1983. Hardcover. First Printing by Letter Line (a). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to head and tail; shelfwear and bumping to board bottoms and tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($12.95); light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips. Tan grained vinyl paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 398 pp 8vo. This book is a fascinating look at the final days of 325 famous and infamous lives that span the centuries from Socrates to Elvis Presley with a smattering of scientists, writers, assassins, murderers, nurses, artists, kings and queens thrown in. The book is not just a recounting of facts relating to the deaths, although it does document funeral particulars, burial sites, tombs, epitaphs, and dying words. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013896
- Title
- How Did They Die? The Last Days, Words, Afflictions, and Resting Places of Over 300 Notables Throughout History
- Author
- Norman and Betty Donaldson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517403021
- ISBN 13
- 9780517403020
- Publisher
- Greenwich House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- death, famous deaths, infamous deaths, burial places, death details, murder details, famous people burial places, last days of famous persons, funeral facts of the famous, epitaphs of the dead,
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- Legal matters/Lawyers/Judges/Attorneys;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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- Letter line
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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