The Old and the New; or, the Changes of Thirty Years in the East, with Some Allusions to Oriental Customs as Elucidating Scripture
by Goodell, William, 1792-1867
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: M. W. Dodd, 1853. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis (portrait), 7 colored lithograph plates (1 folding), xx, 240p. [i.e. 220p.]. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Numerous, mostly small, bits of cover cloth gone. Foxing. Corner stain on plates as well as a few leaves at both ends of book. Goodell identified as a missionary in Constantinople of American Board Commissioners of Foreign Missions. The color plates were produced by an American firm (Sarony & Major). The folding color plate depicts Arabs attacking Goodell's residence in Beirut at the time of the Greek Revolution.
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84247
- Title
- The Old and the New; or, the Changes of Thirty Years in the East, with Some Allusions to Oriental Customs as Elucidating Scripture
- Author
- Goodell, William, 1792-1867
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- M. W. Dodd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
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Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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