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The Flying Carpet
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
Item Price
A$220.14A$176.11
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. Stated first edition. Square and clean in full cloth binding, with a street address ink-stamped on front flyleaf. Map endpapers. 352pp. Photos. Good only jacket has shallow chipping along edges, sunned spine with sticker scuffs, retains original 3.75 price on front flap. Now in a new mylar cover. Halliburton travels to Timbuctoo, Morocco, Petra, Persia, Mt. Everest, Calcutta, Bangkok, Singapore, to hell and gone!. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069223
- Title
- The Flying Carpet
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Writing;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Turn-The-Page Books
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Skyway, Washington
About Turn-The-Page Books
Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
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- Chipping
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- New
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- Jacket
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