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The Doomed Oasis. A Novel of Arabia
by Innes, Hammon
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Black cloth covered boards with spine title in gold and silver gilt boxes. Minor loss to gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean. Minimal shelf wear. Some aging starting to text-block. Dust jacket unclipped, has toning to the spine and white of rear panel. Light wear to edges. Now in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 341 pages. First American Edition.. Story of a quiet Welsh solicitor who goes to the Middle East on business and finds himself plunged into violence and intrigue of a great struggle for oil.
Black cloth covered boards with spine title in gold and silver gilt boxes. Minor loss to gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean. Minimal shelf wear. Some aging starting to text-block. Dust jacket unclipped, has toning to the spine and white of rear panel. Light wear to edges. Now in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 341 pages. First American Edition.. Story of a quiet Welsh solicitor who goes to the Middle East on business and finds himself plunged into violence and intrigue of a great struggle for oil.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003167
- Title
- The Doomed Oasis. A Novel of Arabia
- Author
- Innes, Hammon
- Format/Binding
- Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
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