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Gertrude Bell
by Winstone, H. V. F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 070432203X
- ISBN 13
- 9780704322035
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Quartet Books,. Hardback. 322pp. Biography of the traveller and archaeologist whose detailed knowledge of the Middle East lead to her influencing decisions during the partition of the Ottoman Empire, and British foreign policy over Palestine. Four small selections of black and white plates. Maps to endpapers. Indexed. Blue cloth with printed black label and gilt titles to spine is very clean but with some slightly shelf wear. Dust jacket is slightly tanned to edges. Very good copy in like dust jacket . Hardback. 1978.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24137
- Title
- Gertrude Bell
- Author
- Winstone, H. V. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 070432203X
- ISBN 13
- 9780704322035
- Publisher
- Quartet Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Gertrude Bell,Travel,Middle East,History of the Middle East,Partition , of the Ottoman Empire,Ottoman Empire,Palastine,T. E. Lawrence,Women , writers,Women travellers,Victorians,Edwardians
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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