Clive Cussler 2 books Unread 1st/1st Fargo Spartan Gold, Lost Empire

Description: 2 Unread 1st edition/1st printing hardcover Fargo Adventure novels with dust jackets. These books were acquired in a large lot from an estate sale of a collector. Almost all of them are 1st editions/1st printings and/or signed. Few of them show any signs that they were ever read or even extensively opened. It's as if he just wanted to look at them up on his shelf. "Lost Empire" (2010) 1st edition/1st printing by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood While scuba diving off the coast of Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic from a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery—but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico's ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexico Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could destroy the party utterly.Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, the Fargos and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt—but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.Filled with the dazzling suspense and breathtaking action that are Cussler's trademarks, Lost Empire is a stunning new novel from the grand master of adventure."Spartan Gold" (2009) 1st edition/1st printing by Clive Cussler and Grant BlackwoodThousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them, Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear.Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's "lost cellar." Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk—a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself.And he wants his treasure back.

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