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Between Two Seas: The Creation of the Suez Canal
by Lord Kinross
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 071951813X
- ISBN 13
- 9780719518133
- Seller
-
Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1968. 306pp, b/w plates, folding map: Wyld's official map of the Suez Maritime Canal, November 12, 1869, bibliography, index. Prelims, endpages and page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards, gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. The publication of the book marked the centenary of the Suez Canal.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Synopsis
Between Two Seas is a children's novel by Marie-Louise Jensen, published in 2008. It was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. It is about a young girl, Marianne Shaw, who sets out on a journey to Denmark in search of her father, after her mother dies in England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026988
- Title
- Between Two Seas: The Creation of the Suez Canal
- Author
- Lord Kinross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 071951813X
- ISBN 13
- 9780719518133
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- History Ferdinand De Lesseps Suez Canal Egypt Disraeli
- Bookseller catalogs
- History- Britain & Europe; Africa & South America; Maritime/ Sailing/ Shipping;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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