From Damascus to Palmyra
by John Kelman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€215.84€194.25
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Margaret Thomas. A smart first edition of this insightful travel guide to Syria, with a folding map and colour illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eighty-five colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A detailed travel guide to Syria, with chapters on Damascus, oasis villages, Arab life, the desert, the ancient city of Palmyra, and much more. Written by John Kelman, a Scottish minister, lecturer, and author. Illustrated by Margaret Thomas, a British painter. In the original cream pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Marks to the rear board. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 888T24
- Title
- From Damascus to Palmyra
- Author
- John Kelman
- Illustrator
- Margaret Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Damascus Palmyra Syria Kelman Palmyra
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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