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CUPPY, WILL Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody
Gaston Maillet & Cie. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ill.: Steig, William. Acceptable/Acceptable. FIRST UK EDITION HARD COVER. Moderate shelf wear - pages and covers heavily toned. "The Classic book from author and humorist Will Cuppy transforms well known figures from history into human beings, showing them to be foolish, fallible, and so much our very common ancestors. Included are profiles of such historical figures as Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Lady Godiva plus many more.". Introduciton by the Editor; PART I: It Seems There Were Two Egyptians - Cheops, Or Khufu; Hatshepsut; PART II: Ancient Greeks and Worse - Pericles; Alexander the Great; Hannibal; Cleopatra; Nero; PART III: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - Attila the Hun; Charlemagne; Lady Godiva; Lucrezia Borgia; Philip the Sap; PART IV: A FEW GREATS - Louis XIV; Madame Du Barry; Peter the Great; Catherine the Great; Frederick the Great; PART V: MERRIE ENGLAND - William the Conqueror; Henry VIII; Elizabeth; George III; PART VI: NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE - Leif the Lucky; Christopher Columbus; Montezuma; Captain John Smith; Miles Standish; PART VII: THEY ALL HAD THEIR FUN - Some Royal Pranks; Some Royal Stomachs.
Offered for US$ 6.00 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 049035