Beyond Euphrates. Autobiography 1928-1933. Nicholas Ambraseys' Copy. Signed By Ambraseys.
by Freya Stark
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1951. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Good/No Jacket. 1951 first edition, first impression. Size octavo, 341 pages. Green cloth covered boards with gilt facsimile signature to the front cover and gilt titles to the spine. Condition good, covers a bit grubby and slightly uneven tone to the colour, corners rubbed and bumped, spine a little sunned, offsetting to end-papers, pages are toned otherwise clean. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Signed "N. N. Ambraseys" to the upper outer corner of the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017379
- Title
- Beyond Euphrates. Autobiography 1928-1933. Nicholas Ambraseys' Copy. Signed By Ambraseys.
- Author
- Freya Stark
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- NON FICTION AUTOBIOGRAPHY SCIENCE SCIENTIST HISTORY ROME GREECE ITALY LATIN FRENCH REFERENCE MATHEMATICS SEISMOLOGY SEISMOLOGIST EARTHQUAKES EARTH TREMORS TSUNAMIS VOLCANOES NATURAL DISASTERS
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Lazarus Books Limited
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- Gilt
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