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The Harem: An Account Of The Institution As It Existed In The Palace Of The Turkish Sultans With A History Of The Grand Seraglio From Its Foundation To The Present Time
by N. M. Penzer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition hardback, 1936, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed to edges with nick to cloth at spine tail. Binding tight and appears little read - hinges sound. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, maps and illustrations (some folding) bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230414
- Title
- The Harem: An Account Of The Institution As It Existed In The Palace Of The Turkish Sultans With A History Of The Grand Seraglio From Its Foundation To The Present Time
- Author
- N. M. Penzer
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel / Middle East; History / Middle East;
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
About Hall of Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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