Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus; Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans
by MARGOLIOUTH, D. S.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907, First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, lightly rubbed at edges, minor foxing on a few leaves, signature on endpaper, clean near fine copy. . thick 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; xiii, 473 pp, 58 color plates including frontis from paintings by W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, 4 plates from sketches, glossary, title printed in red and black. . A description of the three cities, and with historical references, with attractive colored plates throughout. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J8991
- Title
- Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus; Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans
- Author
- MARGOLIOUTH, D. S.;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, lightly rubbed at edges, minor foxing on a few leaves, signature on end
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907, First edition.
- Size
- thick 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; xiii, 47
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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