VISITS TO MONASTERIES OF THE LEVANT
by Curzon, Honourable Robert Jun
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1865. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Early. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Murray, 1865. Fifth edition (1948). Brown cloth binding with decorative blindstamping, decoration and titles in gold. Chocolate endpapers. Antique ex-library with vintage bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. A fascinating and highly detailed travelogue to ancient monasteries in the Middle East and Albania. Chipping top and bottom of spine with some loss of material, corners rubbed. Good condition..
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005452
- Title
- VISITS TO MONASTERIES OF THE LEVANT
- Author
- Curzon, Honourable Robert Jun
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Early
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- METEORA BARLAAM MONASTERIES EGYPT THEBES PULLEY WHITE MONASTERY PHILOE JERULSALEM ST. SABBA CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE PALESTINE ALBANIA MOUNT ATHOS CONSTANTINOPLE ST. LAURA RUSSICO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle East;
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Respectful Exits
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...