The Ancient Cubit and Our Weights and Measures
by Warren, Charles, Sir
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : London Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Rare first edition, 131 pages incl. index. Red-brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and emblem to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Condition: Light edge-wear to cover and lettering to spine a little rubbed. Front hinge cracked but binding remains intact. Minor foxing to prelims and endpapers. Pages a little toned and margins yellowed o/w contents in very good condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1903.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113454
- Title
- The Ancient Cubit and Our Weights and Measures
- Author
- Warren, Charles, Sir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Pages
- 131
- Size
- 190mm x 130mm.
- Keywords
- Weights and Measures --- History, Ancient History, Babylonia, Egypt, Unit Seven
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About the Seller
Broad Street Book Centre
Biblio member since 2008
Hay-on-Wye, Powys
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