THE SHAH-NAMAH OF FIRDAUSI. With 24 illustrations from a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript formerly in the Imperial Library, Delhi, and now in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society.
by Wilkinson, J. V. S. & L. Binyon:
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to. pp. xx, 92, colour and b/w illustrations. Original oatmeal cloth binding with printed paper covered boards, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, boards a little age marked, neat stamped shelf no. to the base of the spine. Originally from the library of the Royal Empire Society with their bookplate dated January 1931 and their stamp, subsequent stamps of Exeter City Library with associated marks and plates, pages a little wavy. Contents good and tight. A good only copy, but with interesting provenance..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015968
- Title
- THE SHAH-NAMAH OF FIRDAUSI. With 24 illustrations from a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript formerly in the Imperial Library, Delhi, and now in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society.
- Author
- Wilkinson, J. V. S. & L. Binyon:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East;
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- Rubbing
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