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The Shah's Last Ride; The Story of the Exiled, Misadventures and Death of the Emperor
by Shawcross, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 070113254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701132545
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, London, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XII, 13-464 pages, acknowledgements, notes and index. Black coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography throughout the text. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning of the text block edges and of the internal margins. Decorated dustwrapper with red and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and some rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower edge of the front fold over panel. In this book the author looks at the last years of the last Shah of Iran, who fled, never to return, on the cusp of the Ayatollah Khomeini's triumphant return. It details how a bewildered and sick man, shuttled from country to country, for the remaining years of his life trying to find refuge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; History -- Middle East; Middle East; ISBN: 070113254X. ISBN/EAN: 9780701132545. Inventory No: 0107838. . 9780701132545
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0107838
- Title
- The Shah's Last Ride; The Story of the Exiled, Misadventures and Death of the Emperor
- Author
- Shawcross, William
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 070113254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701132545
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Shah of Iran -- Exile -- Death, Politics -- Middle East Biography & Autobiography; Politics; History -- Middle East; Middle East; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 070113254X EAN: 9780701132545 Shawcross, William The Shah's Last Ride; The Story
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; History -- Middle East; Middle East;
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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