A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES AT NINEVEH Arranged by the Author from His Larger Work. with Numerous Woodcuts. New Edition
by Layard, Austen Henry
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1852. Hardcover. Gorgeous marbled endpapers and textblock. Gilt Tooled spine. Beautifully decorated. 5 raised bands on spine. Contemporary leather binding. Minor wear to edges. 1 tiny chip to frontispiece. Slightly worn corners. Former owner's inscription in ink on ffep (1852? ) who appears to have attended Trinity College, Glenalmond (now Glenalmond College). ; An account of archaeological excavations in Assyria; 360 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5701
- Title
- A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES AT NINEVEH Arranged by the Author from His Larger Work. with Numerous Woodcuts. New Edition
- Author
- Layard, Austen Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Nineveh, Archaeology, Near East, Near Eastern Studies, Assyriology, Assyria
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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