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The Discovery of the Nile
by Gianni Guadalupi
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- ISBN 10
- 9774244206
- ISBN 13
- 9789774244209
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
£16.99£12.74
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About This Item
The Discovery of the Nile by Gianni Guadalupi Hardcover, 1998, illustrated, with foldout plates displaying an episode from the Battle of the Pyramids, published by The American University in Cairo Press, 352 pages.
Measures 14 1/4" by 10 1/2" by 1 3/8". In good condition. Scuffing to dust jacket, several tears including one large tear to crease at lower outer area covering front board. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board, reasonably firm and quite clean. Signs of shelf-wear. A little marking to page edges but quite clean. Staining to upper outer/fore-edge area of page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, no marginalia, inscriptions, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-344
- Title
- The Discovery of the Nile
- Author
- Gianni Guadalupi
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9774244206
- ISBN 13
- 9789774244209
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Place of Publication
- Shrewsbury, Uk
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 352
- Keywords
- Ancient Egypt, Nile, History, Exploration
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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