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Mansfield Centre, CT: Mrartino. VG-, No dj as issued. 1908. reprint. hardcover. 4to . 523pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Victim of the publisher's fire: Some warp to pp from dampness absorbed, minor soot stain bottom. Looks OK 'on the shelf', and no adhesion to pages. Very serviceable copy, despite its being in the wrong place at the wrong time. .

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Martino Publishing. Used - Like New. 2001. Hardcover. Cloth. Square quarto. 523 pp. Reprint of the 1908 edition. Fine. (Subject: ).

Mansfield Cntr, CT: Martino Pub, 2001. 523pp. Three centuries of Ottoman rule, characterized by the almost complete spiritual and cultural isolation of Cyprus from Europe, let the country fall into a state of economic, social and cultural decline. In 1878, Cyprus was handed over to Great Britain, although this was still a time of harsh exploitation of the Cypriots. This volume is a collection of papers printed between 1892 and 1895 as a supplement to the Owl, a newspaper published in Nicosia, the capital. Cobham collected and translated these papers in an effort to provide materials for a history of Cyprus. The end of the book is a bibliography with approximately 1000 titles on the subject. Clean. Reprint. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2001. cloth. Cyprus. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 523+(1) pages. Reprint of title originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1908. (Besterman 1550). Three centuries of Ottoman rule, characterized by the almost complete spiritual and cultural isolation of Cyprus from Europe, let the country fall into a state of economic, social and cultural decline. In 1878, Cyprus was handed over to Great Britain, although this was still a time of harsh exploitation of the Cypriots. This volume is a collection of papers printed between 1892 and 1895 as a supplement to the Owl, a newspaper published in Nicosia, the capital. Cobham collected and translated these papers in an effort to provide materials for a history of Cyprus. The end of the book is a bibliography with approximately 1000 titles on the subject. Index.

The Library. Used - Very Good. 1969. Green cloth, quarto, 523 pp. #125 of 200 copies, signed by the publishers. Modest scuffing and light edgewear to boards. Light discoloration to endpapers. Text block and leave are toned, but are clean and unmarked. Solid, if slightly loose, binding. Very Good. (Subject: Anthropology & Archaeology.)

Cambridge / New York, University Press / Krauss, 1908/ 1986. 4°, 523 S., OLwd., Tadell. Reprint from the first edition of 1908.- Claude Delaval Cobham (1842-1915) was a British Colonial official in Cyprus from 1878 to 1908, from 1879 until 1907 he acted as the District Commissioner of Larnaca.He studied law at the University of Oxford getting a bachelor in 1866 and then an M.A. in 1869. In July 1880 together with High Commissioner Sir Robert Biddulph recommended to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Kimberley, the introduction of the English language to the primary schools of Cyprus at the expense of the Greek and Turkish languages of the two communities of the island. When this became known in Cyprus, it draw negative reactions from the locals and was rejected by Kimberley.Outside of his official work, Cobham was an antiquarian and had participated in excavations with Max Ohnefalsh-Richter at Salamis and elsewhere. He donated some antiquities to the British Museum between the years 1880 and… Read More