The Golden Horde. Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos
by Paine, Sheila
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0718141083
- ISBN 13
- 9780718141080
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph. 1997. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Maps and Drawings. The drawings are by Imogen Paine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 303 pages. Sheila Paine was a linguist who spent much of her life travelling in order to record embroidery traditions before they disappeared. She wrote several books on the subject. This book, recounts her continuing quest for the source of the embroidered Afghan amulet. It begins in a Himalayan valley, then through Northern Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbebekistan, Ukraine and ending on the Greek island of Karpathos. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB289689
- Title
- The Golden Horde. Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos
- Author
- Paine, Sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718141083
- ISBN 13
- 9780718141080
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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