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Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars
by Langdon, Stephen Herbert
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1935. First edition. 4to, vi, [2], 169, [1]pp. Publisher's blind ruled blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, printed paper jacket. Near fine book with light edge wear in very good jacket with tape repairs to underside, chipping to edges, and staining to front panel.
Final work from Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), the American-born Assyriologist who later became a British citizen and professor at Oxford. Part of the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology series from the British Academy, of which Langdon was a fellow. Uncommon in jacket. .
Final work from Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), the American-born Assyriologist who later became a British citizen and professor at Oxford. Part of the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology series from the British Academy, of which Langdon was a fellow. Uncommon in jacket. .
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- 5178
- Title
- Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars
- Author
- Langdon, Stephen Herbert
- Format/Binding
- 4to, vi, [2], 169, [1]pp. Publisher's blind ruled blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, printed paper jacket. Near fine book wi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
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