Three books by the late Harold Lamb, noted American historian and author.
1. “Alexander of Macedon. The Journey to World’s End” by Harold Lamb
1946 Doubleday & Company. Printed in the US at The Country Life Press, Garden City, New York
Copyright 1946
The book is in good condition, no dust jacket.
402 pages.
The biography of Alexander the Great and his times. Very compelling book; it is heavily footnoted but still reads like a novel. A dramatized biography.
2. “The March of Muscovy” by Harold Lamb.
1948 Doubleday & Company.
Copyright 1948
With a pull-out map
308 pages
How Muscovy became the centre of the Russian Empire, with emphasis on how Ivan The Terrible contributed to the military, trading and cultural and expansion of Russia. The growth of the Russian Empire from 1400 to 1648.
Photo and bio of the author on the back of the dust jacket.
This edition with dust jacket is selling online for $20-50.
3. “The City and the Tsar” 1948 Doubleday & Company Inc. The Country Life Press, Garden City New York. This book is marked “FIRST EDITION”
368 pages.
The story of Tsar Peter the Great and how he modernized Russia and shaped it into an empire in the western tradition.
This book is a First Edition. The book is in good condition; the original dust jacket shows wear. Selling on eBay for $50.
Photo and bio of the author on the back of the dust jacket.