ALEXANDER

THE GREAT

RARE BOOK COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of 61 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD data disc detailing THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

Widely considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia in 336 BC. He assembled an army which destroyed the Persian Empire and ruled over an area which stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. Discover the life of this supreme commander. Read about the decisive battles, wars and conquests. Learn about his impact on other empires and regions during the time of his reign. Study his personality and his influence on the course of world history and the art of war. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Alexander the Great, ancient world history and the art of war. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 61 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A critical inquiry into the life of Alexander the Great - R. Clayton (1793)

A history of Greece to the death of Alexander the Great - J. B. Bury (1906)

A manual of ancient history, from the earliest times to the fall of the Sassanian Empire - G. Rawlinson (1880)

A smaller ancient history of the East, from the earliest times to the Conquest by Alexander the Great, including Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Persia, Asia Minor, and Phoenicia - P. Smith (1871)

A young Macedonian in the army of Alexander the Great - A. J. Church (1891)

Alexander - a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301 with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian - T. A. Dodge (1890)

Alexander - a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301, with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian Vols. 1 & 2 - T. A. Dodge (1890)

Alexander - Plutarch (1883)

Alexander in India. A portion of the history of Quintus Curtius - W. E. Heitland (1879)

Alexander in the Punjaub - Arrian (1875)

Alexander the Great - A. Russell (1914)

Alexander the Great - B. I. Wheeler (1900)

Alexander the great - F. Rice (1882)

Alexander the Great, the merging of East and West in universal history - I. B. Wheeler (1900)

Ancient Greece - a sketch of its art, literature and philosophy, viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great - H. B. Cotterill (1915)

Ancient history, from the earliest times to the fall of the Western empire - G. Rawlinson (1899)

Arrian's History of Alexander's expedition Vol. 2 - J. Rooke (1814)

Comic History of Greece From the Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander the Great - C. M. Snyder (1897)

Great captains; a course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war of the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon - T. A. Dodge (1889)

Histoire d'Alexandre le Grand Vol. 1 - Q. Rufius Curtius (1772)

Histoire d'Alexandre le Grand Vol. 2 - Q. Rufius Curtius (1772)

Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great - J. Abbott (1880)

History of Alexander the Great - J. Abbott (1900)

History of Alexander the Great; his personality and deeds - M. M. Kirkman (1913)

History of the early kings of Persia - from Kaiomars, the first of the Peshdadian dynasty, to the conquest of Iran by Alexander the Great - D. Shea (1838)

History Of The Life And Reign Of Alexander The Great Vol. 1 - Q. C. Rufus (1809)

History Of The Life And Reign Of Alexander The Great Vol. 2 - Q. C. Rufus (1809)

La leggenda di Alessandro Magno - D. Carraroli (1892)

Macedonian imperialism and the Hellenization of the East - P. Jouget (1921)

Philip and Alexander of Macedon - D. G. Hogarth (1897)

Quintus Curtius - his History of the wars of Alexander - Q. Curtius Rufus (1714)

Quintus Curtius Rufus - Life and exploits of Alexander the Great - W. H. Crosby (1854)

Reattribution of certain tetradrachms of Alexander the Great - E. T. Newell (1912)

Rise of the Macedonian Empire - A. M. Curteis (1890)

The Anabasis of Alexander; or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great - E. J. Chinnock (1884)

The ancient history of the East, from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, including Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medea, Persia, Asia Minor, and Phoenicia - P. Smith (1899)

The boys' book of famous rulers - L. H. Farmer (1886)

The captains of the Old world - as compared with the great modern strategists, their campaigns, characters and conduct, from the Persian, to the Punic Wars - H. W. Herbert (1851)

The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake - E. T. Newell (1916)

The early history of India from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great - V. A. Smith (1914)

The emperor; a romance of the camp and court of Alexander the Great. The love story of Statira, a Persian Princess - M. Kirkman (1913)

The golden hope - a story of the time of King Alexander the Great - R. H. Fuller (1905)

The Grecian history from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great - O. Goldsmith (1844)

The hero of Macedon - W. Ladd (1832)

The History of Alexander the Great, being the Syriac version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes - E. A. W. Budge (1889)

The history of the Jews - from the time of Alexander the Great to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, A.M. 3595, B.C. 409 to A.D. 70 - W. Hale (1854)

The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin - J. W. M'Crindle (1896)

The king; a romance of the camp and court of Alexander the Great - M. M. Kirkman (1913)

The kingdom of brass; or, The history of the world from the birth of Alexander the Great to the birth of Christ, including the history of India during that period - R. Bement (1856)

The life and actions of Alexander the Great - J. Williams (1829)

The life and exploits of Alexander the Great  being a series of translations of the Ethiopic histories of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and other writers - E. A. W. Budge (1896)

The life of Alexander the Great - J. Williams (1902)

The life of Alexander the Great - unknown author (1847)

The life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon - compiled from ancient history - C. Rollin (1796)

The prince; a romance of the camp and court of Alexander the Great. The love story of Roxana, the maid of Bactria - M. Kirkman (1913)

The story of Alexander - R. Steele (1894)

The story of Alexander's empire - J. P. Mahaffy (1887)

The tomb of Alexander - E. D. Clarke (1805)

The wars of Alexander - an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis - W. W. Skeat (1886)

The world's leading conquerors Alexander the Great, Caesar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman sultans, the Spanish conquistadors, Napoleon - W. L. Bevan (1913)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in Alexander the Great, ancient empires and the art of war – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or audio CD player.

** Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the disc **

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