New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, 1981. Book. Fair. Cloth. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 411pp., ill., notes. All four called-for folding maps present. Would be a VG copy, but the front and rear hinges are both cracked (but holding). Light wear and spine sunning to DJ. Volume I only of this facsimile edition of the 1940, two-volume, original..

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Bookseller: Quickhatch Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005459
Title: A History of Afghanistan (Volume I)
Author: Sykes, Percy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: Facsimile
Publisher: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation
Place of Publication: New Delhi
Date Published: 1981
Keywords: Afghanistan
Bookseller catalogs: Asia, Middle East, and Far East; India and South Asia; Central Asia;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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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....
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...