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Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History; Susan Meiselas; With Chapter Commentaries by Martin van Bruinessen
by Meiselas, Susan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679423893
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423898
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xvii, [1], 388, [2] p.: illustrations; 32 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped cover title. Map on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Stated First Edition. A well-illustrated history of Kurdistan, "erased from world maps after world War I, when the victorious powers carved up the Middle East and denied the Kurds a nation-state." -- dust jacket. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: price-clipped; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010063
- Title
- Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History; Susan Meiselas; With Chapter Commentaries by Martin van Bruinessen
- Author
- Meiselas, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679423893
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423898
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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