The Hills of Adonis: a quest in Lebanon
by Colin Thubron
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.. First impression of the first edition. Dust jacket has slight rubbing to edges and rippling to back, but generally good. It is price clipped. Olive green cloth boards with silver lettering to spne. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Numerous black and white photographs taken by Thubron. 4to. 1968
Synopsis
Colin Thubron is the master of classic travel writing and a previous winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. His books include: Among the Russians ; Behind the Wall ; T he Lost Heart of Asia and In Siberia .
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4457
- Title
- The Hills of Adonis: a quest in Lebanon
- Author
- Colin Thubron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 4to.
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Petworth, West Sussex
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Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.