Description
You are bidding on a leatherbound hardcover two-volumes-in-one edition of The Works of Flavius Josephus, Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself , translated and edited by by William Whiston , revised by the Rev. Samuel Burder, published by Hurst and Company (New York). There is no copyright date, but it appears to be from the 1880s to 1910s. This copy has historical interest because it belonged to John J. Balistrieri (1948-2024), a son of Frank Balistrieri (1918-1993) and a member of the Balistrieri family noted in the history of organized crime in Milwaukee , Wisconsin, a family whose story is partly told in the 1995 Martin Scorsese film Casino. This book until recently sat on the shelves in the Shorecrest high-rise on Milwaukee's East Side, overlooking Lake Michigan. Hardcover, 572 + 570 pp., no jacket. Approx. 10.25" x 8.5" x 3", approx. 4 lbs. 15 oz. No markings noted, but this is a fragile copy, with brittle, yellowed pages and cover wear that includes some splitting at one of the gutters. Nothing is detached. No jacket, as issued. See images, which are of the actual item, not stock photos. Keywords: Mafia, Mob, mobster, La Cosa Nostra, rare and antiquarian books
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