From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam Travels in Transcaucasia and Northern Persia for Historic and Literary Research
by Jackson, A. V. Williams
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Macmillan Company, 1911. First Edition. 8vo. xxxiii,316,(1)pp, Index, List of References. Olive green cloth, color illustrations mounted on front cover, letters gilt, top edges gilt. Binding and text block in near fine condition, folded map in rear good only (ragged tear, could be repaired with archival tape). Color frontispiece and numerous illustrations from photographs and prints. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9918
- Title
- From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam Travels in Transcaucasia and Northern Persia for Historic and Literary Research
- Author
- Jackson, A. V. Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Travel, Middle East, Omar Khayyam, Near East, Turkey
Terms of Sale
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Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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