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The Barbary Coast: Algiers under the Turks, 1500 to 1830
by Wolf, John B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393012050
- ISBN 13
- 9780393012057
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W.W. Norton, 1979. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st) Slightly smaller book, brown cloth with gilt initials tiny at front left, light brown tiny spots on exterior page edges, gilt lettering bright with border on spine, shiny address label at top inside front cover, 364 lightly browned pages, some illustrations. DJ heavy paper, light brown background with darker brown illustration of sailships bombarding coastline on front, spine and back right. DJ has light brown spots at top front, microtear at spine bottom left edge and top back edge near tip, micronick there too, very slight surface wear at bottom back tip, very tiny nicking along bottom back edge near spine. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33199
- Title
- The Barbary Coast: Algiers under the Turks, 1500 to 1830
- Author
- Wolf, John B
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393012050
- ISBN 13
- 9780393012057
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- ALGERIA HISTORY AFRICA BARBARY COAST
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- History;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Spine
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