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Travels in Asia and Africa
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ibn Battúta
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; jacket a bit sunned and torn. Very good. LMM-1
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About This Item
Light shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; jacket a bit sunned and torn. Very good. LMM-165.
Ibn Battúta. H. A. R. Gibb, translator. Travels in Asia and Africa 1325 - 1354 (The Argonaut Series). New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. Reprint edition.
Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry.
Octavo. 398pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, top edge stained red, original unclipped dust jacket.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165
- Title
- Travels in Asia and Africa
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ibn Battúta
- Book Condition
- Used - Light shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; jacket a bit sunned and torn. Very good. LMM-1
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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