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THE CARPET WARS: From Kabul to Baghdad. A Ten Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
by Kremmer, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Synopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014447
- Title
- THE CARPET WARS: From Kabul to Baghdad. A Ten Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
- Author
- Kremmer, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Publisher
- Ecco (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 16cm)
- Keywords
- Travel and Description, Ancient Carpet Trade Routes, Islamic Asia, Travel Memoirs, Christopher Kremmer (1958-)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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