Hadramaut: Some of its Mysteries Unveiled
by VAN DER MEULEN, D. and H. VON WISSMANN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Edition, First Printing. Good in original navy cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Profusely illustrated with black & white ph/No Jacket
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Good in original navy cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Large folding map included at rear. Ex-library, with usual markings. Spine heavily sunned, spotting to edges of pages and text block; corners bumped, especially lower top corner. Octavo. 6.75 x 9.75 in. xxv + [i], 248 pp.
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- Seller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6188
- Title
- Hadramaut: Some of its Mysteries Unveiled
- Author
- VAN DER MEULEN, D. and H. VON WISSMANN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition, First Printing. Good in original navy cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Profusely illustrated with black & white ph
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.J. Brill
- Place of Publication
- Leyden
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY
Terms of Sale
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- Sunned
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Edges
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