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Fall of the Peacock Throne: The Story of Iran
by Forbis, William H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0060113014
- ISBN 13
- 9780060113018
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. X , 306pp., introduction by author, acknowledgements, bibliography and index. Double page map of Iran. Within the text there is one other map, of Teheran. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Very minor rubbing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. There has been loss of cloth colour due to insect activity, to the first 0.5 "of the book edges. discolouration to the top paper edge. Back hinge is slightly loose. Previous owner' s name on the free front endpaper. Plain text dust wrapper, with bone coloured background with dark green, red and black writing on the front panel and spine. Dustwrapper has been sun faded as has the top 0.5 "edge of the front panel and running along the fold over crease of the front panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and there is some chipping to the top edge of the front cover. There is a 0.25 " tear to the top front cover as well. On the verso of the dustwrapper some leaching of the cloth colour is visible and some results of insect activity can also be seen. Dustwrapper is price clipped, front fold over, top righthand corner. The history of the fall of the last Shah of Iran. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History -- Middle East; ISBN: 0060113014. ISBN/EAN: 9780060113018. Inventory No: 0102308. . 9780060113018
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102308
- Title
- Fall of the Peacock Throne: The Story of Iran
- Author
- Forbis, William H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060113014
- ISBN 13
- 9780060113018
- Publisher
- Harper and Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Iran -- History, Last Shar of Iran, Middle East History Biography & Autobiography; History -- Middle East; Unbranded ISBN: 0060113014 EAN: 9780060113018 Forbis, William H. Fall of the Peacock Throne: The Story of Iran
- Bookseller catalogs
- History -- Middle East;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Chipping
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- New
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- Heel
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