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THE ROAD TO OXIANA

by Byron, Robert

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good /No Dustjacket
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London: Macmillan. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, this hardcover dated 1937 is VG. 1X/341pp+2pp Publisher's adverts. With Frontis photo of Veramin: The Friday Mosque, 1922-26, and 15 other plates. Diary entries August 20th, 1933 to July 8th, 1934 in Five Parts.The journey as follows, Venice, Cyprus, Palestine, Irak, Persia, Afganistan, Persia again, Afganistan again, India and England. The spine is slightly sunned with several indistinct brown stains.Boards are minimally sunned at top and fore-edges in a straight line: the result of a bookcase with particular angle to the sun. Clean endpapers with bookplate of Sibyl and Arthur Colefax. Internally clean: would possibly be a candidate for rebinding into leather. General condition close VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1937.

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Includes index.

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Bookseller
Camillas Bookshop GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0021977
Title
THE ROAD TO OXIANA
Author
Byron, Robert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Dustjacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1937
Keywords
The Road to Oxiana: First Edition
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

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Camillas Bookshop

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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Eastbourne, East Sussex

About Camillas Bookshop

Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.

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