THE ARAB OF THE DESERT; A GLIMPSE INTO BADAWIN LIFE IN KUWAIT AND SAU`DI ARABIA
by Dickson, H. R. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1959. 664 pages all clean, white; 14 fold-out maps and charts; 57 plates. White endpapers, with previous owner`s bookplate with inscription on ffep. Brown cloth cover with red and gilt titles on the spine. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. Orange illustrated DJ. Small chips, light wear along the edges. Overall in perfect condition. VG+/VG+. 2nd Edition, 3rd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 216872E
- Title
- THE ARAB OF THE DESERT; A GLIMPSE INTO BADAWIN LIFE IN KUWAIT AND SAU`DI ARABIA
- Author
- Dickson, H. R. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, 3rd Impression
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Bedouin, Arab
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...