Marvels of the East
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Geoffrey Bles, 1946. Yellow bds with Black title (fresh and unworn, cnrs sl. bruised) photo eps of caravanserai to front, and mountain vista to rear, pp 175 with 91 illus incl maps, photo's etc. tight and clean with bright text block, not inscribed. Original Orange wrapper is fresh with piece missing from head of spine, price clipped.. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8675
- Title
- Marvels of the East
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- SL.
- slight
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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