Haji Rikkan. Marsh Arab
by Fulanain [Monica G. and Stuart E. Hedgcock]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1927 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (ex-Boots library with faint label removal mark to upper board & label to rear pastedown, spine & boards sunned, some spotting to spine, leaf edges & outer leaves, else internally quite clean, lower hinge starting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xiv (last blank), 288, with illustrations & map. A good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009001
- Title
- Haji Rikkan. Marsh Arab
- Author
- Fulanain [Monica G. and Stuart E. Hedgcock]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Fulanain Haji Rikkan Marsh Arab Iraq Mesopotamia Euphrates Tigris Monica G Hedgecock Stuart Hedgcock
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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