On Alexander's Track to the Indus, Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-west Frontier of India
by Stein, Sir Aurel
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1929. xvi, 182, 2 folding maps at the back. Publisher's brown cloth gilt with embossed gilt decoration to front cover, top edge gilt, frontispiece, title vignette, 97 illustrations of places, people, landscapes, buildings etc. Slight toning of eps, owner inscription of Oxford scholar D.Penny on ffep, a few minor bumps and marks and rubbing of top and tail of spine, else very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
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- Interquarian
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- 002701
- Title
- On Alexander's Track to the Indus, Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-west Frontier of India
- Author
- Stein, Sir Aurel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY GREEKS AFGHANISTAN ALEXANDER THE GREAT TRADE ROUTES HELLENISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle East; Archaeology; India;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bumps
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