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Damascus and Its People; Sketches of Modern Life in Syria
by Mrs. Mackintosh
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1883. SCARCE, and especially so in lovely condition. xii, 296 pp., with fifteen illustrations. Bound in contemporary polished calf, double gilt rules bordering covers, five raised bands with decorative gilt rules, dark brown calf label in gilt, plain beige end papers, gilt medallion front cover of the Kingston on Thames Tiffins Endowed School. Near Fine, light toning to first and last few pages only, light wear to boards. "It is with the present that this little volume is mainly occupied. No attempt has been made to give any historical sketch of this long-surviving city ; my chief desire has been to awaken fresh interest in its present inhabitants, with many of whom a residence of seven years in Damascus has given me opportunities of forming an intimate acquaintance." . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008133
- Title
- Damascus and Its People; Sketches of Modern Life in Syria
- Author
- Mrs. Mackintosh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration; Women Authors; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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