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H.C.P. Bell : archaeologist of Ceylon and the Maldives / Bethia N. Bell and Heather M. Bell
by Bell, Bethia Nancy. Bell, Heather Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 187313245X
- ISBN 13
- 9781873132456
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Archetype, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Pamphlet and signed letter and signed bookplate loosley inserted. Physical description; xiv, 318 p., 5 leaves of maps (some folding) : ill., photos., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; SIGNED by both authors on a lettter and bookplate loosley inserted. Bibliography: p. 297-305. - Includes index. Subjects; Bell, Harry Charles Purvis (1851-1937). Archaeologists Sri Lanka Biography. Archaeologists Maldives Biography. Archaeologists Biography. Archaeologists Great Britain ; Biography. Bell, Harry Charles Purvis, (1851-1937) : Ceylon : archaeology. Sri Lanka Antiquities. Maldives Antiquities. Sri Lanka Antiquities. Maldives Antiquities. Archaeology. Sri Lanka. Maldives.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291458
- Title
- H.C.P. Bell : archaeologist of Ceylon and the Maldives / Bethia N. Bell and Heather M. Bell
- Author
- Bell, Bethia Nancy. Bell, Heather Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 187313245X
- ISBN 13
- 9781873132456
- Publisher
- London : Archetype
- Place of Publication
- Clwyd
- Date Published
- 1993
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