WANDERINGS IN ARABIA - being an abridgment of "TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA"
by DOUGHTY, CHARLES M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Duckworth, London, 1926. 607 pp including index, b&w frontispiece, folding map, gilt stamped lettering on spine, bookplate on front paste-down, front inner hinge cracked, else very good copy in green, cloth boards.. Reprint, abridged. First published in two volumes 1908.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223881
- Title
- WANDERINGS IN ARABIA - being an abridgment of "TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA"
- Author
- DOUGHTY, CHARLES M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth, London, 1926
- Keywords
- travels arabia middle east doughty history
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camberwell Books
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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