The Pageant of Persia: A record of travel by motor in Persia, with an account of its ancient and modern ways
by Filmer, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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San Jose, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition, printed in the USA. Black cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering; 56 pages of photographic illustrations. The volume is bumped at the spine ends, has light spotting to the front and rear panels, some top edge soiling and a double crease on the frontis which is mirrored on the front endpaper and half title page. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, has some soiling on the rear panel, edge chips and a few short closed tears, as well as a small piece on the top of the front panel which was reattached (with tape on the verso) and cosmetically dabbed with black marker which bled through to the verso (shielded by the mylar backing). This copy has a small ownership name of Asad Al Faqih stamped onto the top edges. He was the first ambassador from Saudi Arabia to the United States.
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- Bookseller
- Trilby & Co. Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16010725
- Title
- The Pageant of Persia: A record of travel by motor in Persia, with an account of its ancient and modern ways
- Author
- Filmer, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- first edition
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Trilby & Co. Books is located in Northern California. The company was founded years ago by a Shetland Sheepdog named Trilby. Trilby's message to her family was brief and direct - the sale of books would increase disposable income and improve the quality of provisions in her food dish. My name is McTavish (picture above). I am the current CEO of this company, and I approve of her message. Oh, by the way, my speciality is literature, with an emphasis on first editions and signed books.
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