WILDERNESS OMAN.
by MACGREGOR. MALCOLM
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire 2002. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 115 beautiful colour photos and a couple of maps of the region. English text. Delux edition in Publishers full dark green morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board decorated with the Oman coat of arms, below a royal crown, all in gilt. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Green silk bookmark sewn in. Housed in a green morocco covered slip-case with the same gilt tooling to the front panel. A fine copy of this beautiful book, the first detailed study of the remote regions of Oman from Musandam in the north, to the Hajar Mountains, Dhofar and the Empty Quarter, via the coastline that extends some 1,000 miles. --- Only 3 copies listed on Worldcat, in Oman, UAE, and Lebanon.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10870
- Title
- WILDERNESS OMAN.
- Author
- MACGREGOR. MALCOLM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire 2002
- Date Published
- 2002
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Fine bindings;
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- Morocco
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