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The War in the Cradle of the World, Mesopotamia
by Egan, Eleanor Franklin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1918. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper and Brothers, 1918, first printing. 8vo., 372pp., illustrated frontis and b/w photos by the author, map endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles. Spine cloth frayed at heel and crown, titles faded, rub at the upper tips. Very good internally, pages clean, binding tight. Good overall. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010371
- Title
- The War in the Cradle of the World, Mesopotamia
- Author
- Egan, Eleanor Franklin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1918
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....