Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond: 2,000 Years of Exploring the East
by NEBENZAHL, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0714844098
- ISBN 13
- 9780714844091
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2004. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Lovely and tight first edition of this handsome production. Front flyleaf bears decorative-edged bookplate boldly signed and inscribed in black fineline "Best wishes / Ken Nebenzahl" by the famed Chicago map dealer and scholar (1927-2020).
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45649
- Title
- Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond: 2,000 Years of Exploring the East
- Author
- NEBENZAHL, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0714844098
- ISBN 13
- 9780714844091
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Maps;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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