Monuments of Merv: Traditional Buildings of the Karakum
by Herrmann Georgina
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0854312757
- ISBN 13
- 9780854312757
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999. Book measures 30.5x24.5.cm. xv, 243pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed on head and tail of spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket faded along botton edge. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014759
- Title
- Monuments of Merv: Traditional Buildings of the Karakum
- Author
- Herrmann Georgina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0854312757
- ISBN 13
- 9780854312757
- Publisher
- Society of Antiquaries of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Karakum
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Architecture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.