Siam.
by Loti, Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some wear to edge wear to cloth along the outer boards with slight loss, a few spots to cloth; overall, a tight, very good copy.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1914). Later American edition.. Some wear to edge wear to cloth along the outer boards with slight loss, a few spots to cloth; overall, a tight, very good copy.. Pp. xi, (1); 2-182; color frontispiece, 18 full-page black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original brown cloth, blind-stamped and lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with black-printed illustrations on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Translated from the French by W. P. Baines. Though this volume is entitled "Siam", the book is really about Pierre Loti's travels in Cambodia, especially to the ancient city-state of Angkor. Name stamp of Lt. Col. C. H. Errington on the front endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5912
- Title
- Siam.
- Author
- Loti, Pierre
- Book Condition
- Used - Some wear to edge wear to cloth along the outer boards with slight loss, a few spots to cloth; overall, a tight, very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: David McKay, (1914). Later American edition.
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Iowa City, Iowa
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