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L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine C. de Camp.
Citadels of Mystery.

Published Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1976 reprint (previously issued 1972; hardback was Souvenir Press, 1965).
ISBN 0006327915.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: William Collins & Co., Glasgow.
Size: 107x178x18mm.
Page count: text 292pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the covers on this copy are a bit scuffed and creased, some wear at the edges and corners; pages yellowed with age; the spine is scratched but not otherwise creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 173g.

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No medieval emphasis, takes a generally sceptical approach to various “lost” cities & civilisations.

Contents: Atlantis & the City of Silver; Pyramid Hill; Stonehenge & the Giants’ Dance; Troy; Queen of Sheba; King Solomon’s mines; Tintagel & the Round Table; Angkor; Tikal & the feathered elephants; Machu Picchu; Nan Matol; and Rapa Nui.

Illustrations: 7 text figures, plus 8 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 9

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 2
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 12pp
Index: yes

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