The Atlas of the Ancient World: Charting the Great Civilizations of the Past
by Oliphant, Margaret
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671751034
- ISBN 13
- 9780671751036
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About This Item
Random House Australia, Milsons Point, New South Wales, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic, Illustrations & Maps. Preface and introduction by author, chronology of the ancient world, bibliography, index and acknowledgements. Illustrated end pages. The text is illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, maps, and the occasional colour and black-and-white illustration. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... The dramatic unfolding of great cultures, including Persia, Greece, Rome, Egypt, China and the Americas. The rise and fall of empires charted in maps; the splendour of legendary cities restored by the artist. The power politics, the passion of religion, the events that changed the course of history." A little rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. A little ruffling of the dustwrapper edges with faint sunning of the dustwrapper panels. A few marks to the dustwrapper. First Australian Edition. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). [5], 6 - 220 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic, Illustrations & Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Atlas; Ancient (BC); ISBN: 0671751034. ISBN/EAN: 9780671751036. Inventory No: 0290200. . 9780671751036
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290200
- Title
- The Atlas of the Ancient World: Charting the Great Civilizations of the Past
- Author
- Oliphant, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Photographic, Illustrations & Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671751034
- ISBN 13
- 9780671751036
- Publisher
- Random House Australia
- Place of Publication
- Milsons Point, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Atlas, ancient world, civilisations History; Atlas; Ancient (BC); Photographic, Illustrations & Maps Unbranded ISBN: 0671751034 EAN: 9780671751036 Oliphant, Margaret The Atlas of the Ancient World: Charting the Great Civilizations of the Past
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