In the High Yemen
by Hugh Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1942. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm). First printing. Lacking the jacket. Red buckram binding with gilt illustration to front board. Slight fading to spine, slight spotting to page edges. Some lightly pencilled notes to margins, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with all photographic plates (including a double sided fold-out) and the fold-out map. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Excellent example. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xix, 260
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206T010
- Title
- In the High Yemen
- Author
- Hugh Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 6.25 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm)
- Keywords
- Yemen, Arabia, Middle East, Travel_Exploration/Middle_East
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel: Middle East;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...