Blood, oil, and sand
by Brock, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Bodley Head, 1952. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Errata slip mounted to half-title. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; Physical desc.: 256 p. ; 22 cm. A famous reporter's eye-witness account of the crises in the Middle East. Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade - Middle East. Map on front endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 186860
- Title
- Blood, oil, and sand
- Author
- Brock, Ray
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MW Books Ltd.
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Galway
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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.
- 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...