The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era (Signed)

Salmonson, Jessica Amanda

Verlag: Paragon House, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1991

Beschreibung

Stated First Edition, 1991. Signed at front endpaper: "To Tamara, Fondly & with best wishes, Jessica Amanda Salmonson." Manufactured in the United States of America. Heavy sienna colored boards, green textured spine wrap, bronze metallic spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Bind fine, square hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 21.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce fine signed first edition in same wrapper. Salmonson presents a detailed alphabetical reference volume on women that stood tall in ancient mythology, religion, literature, native folklore, et al., whose lives were spent as warriors in all varieties from everywhere. Amazons, gladiators, martial nuns, maenads, warrior queens, pirates, guerrillas, furies, and avenging goddesses -- the fighting women who populate the pages of this fabulous work marched boldly through the ages armed with swords, axes, bows, and most importantly, their uniquely feminine fortitude. The first work to gather and detail these tales of womanly valor and derring-do. Drawing from a cross-cultural perspective, the book ranges through mythology to historical characters and personages. A unique and comprehensive collection of more than a thousand valiant combatants from the dawn of history to the present day. "An excellent piece of scholarly detective work.offers information not found in other reference sources" -Library Journal. 290 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 022673

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors ...

Verlag: Paragon House, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1991

Einband: Hard Cover

Illustrator: Rubens, Peter Paul (Jacket Painting)

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author

Auflage: First Edition.