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The Life of the Ancient East by James Baikie - 1923

by James Baikie

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The Life of the Ancient East by James Baikie - 1923

The Life of the Ancient East

by James Baikie

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London: A. & C. Black, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square and unmarked in a very good dust jacket that looks better in Brodart. It is lightly rubbed, more so along the bottom edge where it is through in places. The dust jacket has light edge wear with a couple of small chips at the spine top. It has 463, clear pages plus ads illustrated with black & white plates and fold-out maps bound in blue cloth covered boards with gold titles on the spine.
  • Bookseller mdpinc Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Edition First Edition First Printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher A. & C. Black
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1923
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST

by Baikie, James

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A. & C. Black, Ltd.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Corners rubbed, binding a little cocked, expected Imperfections of a well read exlibrary copy ; Ex-Lib .
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THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST; BEING SOME CHAPTERS OF THE ROMANCE

by Baikie, James

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0 Baikie, James THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST; BEING SOME CHAPTERS OF THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXCAVATION Chautauqua Home Reading Series Chautaugua, NY: Chautauqua Press, c1925 463pp, tall 8vo, b/w photos and pull-out map, VG, edges rubbed, no d/w,
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THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST

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New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. A near-fine copy of Baikie's 1923 book in its first American edition. THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST Being some Chapters of the Romance of Modern Excavation. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1923. 463 pages, 32 plates, folding sketch map.In original brown cloth, a nice bright, tight copy, no dust jacket. Attractive bookplate of William Allan Osborn. "The sites chosen for study have not been chosen at random. ... Babylon has its place, not only for its ancient greatness but because of its venerable system of law, revealed by the discovery of the Code of Hammurabi; Abydos, not only because it was the chief seat of that form of faith which expressed the Eyptian's invincible yearning for immortality, but also because its excavation has given back to us the centuries which went before the dawn of History in Egypt; and Gezer, because its very obscurity has enabled it to preserve for us, almost unbroken, the evidence of… Read More
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Life of the Ancient East: being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern Excavation.

by James Baikie

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London: A. & C. Black,, 1923. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth with slight fading to spine, fore-edge lightly foxed, otherwise a tight, clean, very good indeed copy in a slightly creased, slightly edge rubbed and nicked, very good, rare dust jacket.
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The Life of The Ancient East

by Baikie, James

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The Macmillan Company. First American Edition. No DJ. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1923.
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