Abu Simbel
by MACQUITTY, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Bound in black buckram with gold gilt decorations, sans DW; foreword by Dr. I.E.S. Edwards; black & white and color photos; DW flaps laid-in; previous owners book plate on 2nd fep.; 192pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 912088
- Title
- Abu Simbel
- Author
- MACQUITTY, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Archaeology; Pictorial Works;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
abookshop
All books are fully guaranteed and returnable for any or no reason within 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
abookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Springtown, Pennsylvania
About abookshop
We have been selling books of note (especially literary first editions, poetry and drama) for over 20 years.
Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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