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Meander: East to West along a Turkish River
by Seal, Jeremy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0701183470
- ISBN 13
- 9780701183479
- Seller
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012* Publisher: Chatto & Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Deep red cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to tail of spine. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing maps and the river, now in clear protective jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers ~ maroon. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 358 pp. text. xliv pp. chronology, notes, index & blank page at rear.* Description: The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the length of it in a one-man canoe. At every twist and turn of his journey, from the Meander's source in the uplands of Central Turkey to its mouth on the Aegean Sea, Seal illuminates his account with a wealth of cultural, historical and personal asides. A wonderful, winding exploration of the fabled Turkish river, the pivotal meeting point between East and West, from the author of the acclaimed A Fez of the Heart.* A FINE copy of the 1st./1st. FNL with NO MAJOR FAULTS now in protected dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2113
- Title
- Meander: East to West along a Turkish River
- Author
- Seal, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp. FNL.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701183470
- ISBN 13
- 9780701183479
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 416
- Date Published
- 2012-07-05
- Size
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm
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