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The Passing of the Shereefian Empire
by Ashmead-Bartlett, E
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, good maroon cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt letter to cover and spine shows heavy wear to covers in the form of areas of rubbing, bumping to corners, wrinkling along spine, and some light soil, wear along hinges, numerous internal splits, separation to lower portion of couple the illustrated plates, foxing at page edges with bit of same makign its way into interior pages, name at front blank, marks at top corner of rear end paper and some other light trace wear. 532 pages with couple dozenn black & white plates and fold out maps at first page and rear. Solid and perfectly readable copy that will read well on the shelf of this work that "..is intended as a record of events in Morocco during the past two years as they have come under my personal observation. This period has been perhaps the most momentous and critical in the history of the country, and from it will surely date the decline of Morocco's independence." (From Preface).
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- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20355
- Title
- The Passing of the Shereefian Empire
- Author
- Ashmead-Bartlett, E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Date Published
- 1910
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About the Seller
Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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