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The History of the Reign of Tipu Sultan, Being a Continuation of the Neshani Hyduri; Written By Mir Hussein Ali Kahn Kirmani
by Miles, Col. W. (translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: The Oriental Translation Fund, 1844 London: The Oriental Translation Fund, 1844 x, 291 pp Text is clean and unmarked, front hinge cracked but holding. Considerable glue-staining and foxing to endpapers and first three pages. Library sticker (The University of Bridgeport) and pocket on endpapers. Publisher's green cloth binding is bumped at extremities with a short split to hinge at head of spine. Paper sticker on spine is partially rubbed away. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Seller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 700534
- Title
- The History of the Reign of Tipu Sultan, Being a Continuation of the Neshani Hyduri; Written By Mir Hussein Ali Kahn Kirmani
- Author
- Miles, Col. W. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- The Oriental Translation Fund
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Bookseller catalogs
- Afganistan, Hunza, Central Asia; India & South Asia;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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