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An Introduction To Persian Art Since The Seventh Century A.D.
by Arthur Upham Pope
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Peter Davies, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Pen marks to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1713196130MEP
- Title
- An Introduction To Persian Art Since The Seventh Century A.D.
- Author
- Arthur Upham Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Date Published
- 1930
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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