Winter in Arabia
by Stark, Freya
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fair
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
E. P. Dutton, 1940. Hard Cover. Fine/Fair. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Beige buckram cloth covers with deep red lettering on cover and spine. Book contains over 90 black and white photo illustrations, usually full page, by the female author, who also authored a volume of photos Seen in the Hadhramaut and wrote Baghdad sketches, The Vallys of the assassins, The southern gates of Arabia and travelled extensively in the region. Three maps. 329 pages with index. Publisher's page reads ""First Edition."" Contents include: Mukalla, Kathiri, Wadi Amd, High Jol, Azzan, Naqb al Hajr, Jebel Kadur, Sultan's Caravan, Cana, etc. wtih an appendix of Arabic plants. Dust jacket is now wrapped in clear protective cover.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153817
- Title
- Winter in Arabia
- Author
- Stark, Freya
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- History, Arabia, Middle East, Woman Author, Mukalla, Kathiri, Wadi Amd, High Jol, Azzan, Naqb al Hajr, Jebel Kadur, Sultan's Caravan, Cana,Arabic plants
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle East;
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....