Vanished Cities of Northern Africa
by Erskine, Mrs Steuart
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co.. 8vo, original cloth boards with gilt title to spine, 8 colour plates, 32 b&w plates, pp 284. N.d., c. 1930. Boards have been covered with clear adhesive, previous owner's bookplate ffep, occasional foxing to pages, o/w good. Previous owner has loosely inserted a modern map of the region. 2nd Edition. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88156
- Title
- Vanished Cities of Northern Africa
- Author
- Erskine, Mrs Steuart
- Illustrator
- Illus. Major Benton Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Africa, Arabia, History, Middle East, Travels
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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...