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Arabian Highlands
by Philby, Harry Bridger St. John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: The Middle East Institute Cornell University Press, 1952 First Edition Ithaca, NY: The Middle East Institute Cornell University Press, 1952 771 pp with 64 B&W plates, 3 maps, including one large folding map in pocket on rear pastedown. plus two diagrams. Until the 1930's, the highlands in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia were among the world's few remaining lands not explored or charted,. Into this region H. St. John Philby, author and explorer, maded two journeys, in 1932 and 1936. This book is the record of these two trips. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, front hinge cracked but holding Green cloth boards with slight rubbing to extremities Dust jacket is bright and intact, not price-clipped with a small chip missing to tail of spine. First Edition. Hardcover.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 400965
- Title
- Arabian Highlands
- Author
- Philby, Harry Bridger St. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- The Middle East Institute Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- SAUDI ARABIA GEOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle Eastern History;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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....
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