Nur Mahal
by Lamb, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. "The tury story of two great Asiatic lovers, Jahangir, despot of the richest court in the world and Nur Mahal, the beautiful Persian girl who ruled his empire for him." Original red cloth covers with gilt spine lettering; decorated end papers. There is a little wear to the top edge of the spine, else, this is a clean, tight book with a previous owner's name on the first blank preliminary leaf. The dust jacket has edgewear, else it is in repectable condition. The dust jacket is now in a protective, removable, acetate cover. This appears to be a Double Day Book Club edition published three years after the first edition. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 325 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20217
- Title
- Nur Mahal
- Author
- Lamb, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Persia, Ancient History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.