The Rulers of the Mediterranean
by Davis, Richard Harding
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Reprint. Decorative dark blue silk binding with decoration to spine, top edge gilt, deckled page edges. Illustrated with plates and in-text black and white images throughout. 228 pp. Covers Gibraltar, Tangier, Cairo, Athens, Constantinople at the turn of the century. At the time of his writing, Davis was one of the world's most famous journalists. Antique ex-library with bookplate, marking to spine, rear pocket. Front board is quite scuffed. Good..
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 009902
- Title
- The Rulers of the Mediterranean
- Author
- Davis, Richard Harding
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Constantinople Gibraltar Tangier Malta Cairo Athens Istanbul
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle East;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.