Persia and Turkey in Revolt
by Fraser, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Blackwood & Sons. 1910. Octavo, original cloth boards, title in gilt, front cover decorated in gilt, folding map, many b&w illustrations. Ex-library with fairly minimal markings (including small stamps to the reverse of plates), small area of damage to one plate. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed. Label removed. A fair copy of a scarce title. The author was Special Correspondent to The Times. He revisited Persia, spent 1909 in Teheran, and travelled to the Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia and Syria, reflecting on "the more prominent features of Persian and Turkish affairs as they appear in Constitutional days". (The author had previously travelled through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq to write "The Short Cut to India. The Record of a journey along the Route of the Baghdad Railway".) 1st edition. Boards.
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Details
- Seller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 94900
- Title
- Persia and Turkey in Revolt
- Author
- Fraser, David
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Iran, Middle East, Persia, Politics, Syria, Travels, Turkey
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Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fair
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