From An Antique Land: Ancient And Modern In The Middle East
by Julian Huxley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Max Parrish, 1954. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1954, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotations - gift inscription to front pastedown with a couple of press clippings about the book pasted to front and rear endpapers, and an excerpt from Ozymandias by Shelley pasted to front pastedown; the remains of the dj (front cover and spine) have been pasted to the rear pastedown; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180155
- Title
- From An Antique Land: Ancient And Modern In The Middle East
- Author
- Julian Huxley
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Max Parrish
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Archaeology; History / Ancient; History / Middle East;
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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