ISLAM ; EASTERN ART AND LITERATURE, WITH SPEIAL REFERENCE TO CHINA, INDIA, ARABIA, AND PERSIA (BENN'S SIXPENNY LIBRARY) [SIGNED]
by Ross, E. Denison, Sir
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1928. Hardcover. 16mo; 2nd impression of initial title; G; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print, raised bands; Two originally paperback titles hardbound together, boards with red leather to spine and corners and red cloth to boards, light wear to spine caps, hinges, and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has gilt top edge, red ribbon marker, bookplate on front pastedown, toning to endpapers edges, cracked front hinge, else clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; 79, 78 pages, with original orange paperback covers bound together following final page.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. 1347349. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1347349
- Title
- ISLAM ; EASTERN ART AND LITERATURE, WITH SPEIAL REFERENCE TO CHINA, INDIA, ARABIA, AND PERSIA (BENN'S SIXPENNY LIBRARY) [SIGNED]
- Author
- Ross, E. Denison, Sir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Hinge
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