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Mark Sykes, His Life and Letters
by Leslie, Shane [Winston Churchill (introduction)]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1923. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth viii + 308pp., frontis., b/w pls., appendix, index, Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, was an English traveller, politician & diplomatic advisor, particularly about the Middle East at the time of World War I. A protege of Lord Kitchener & contemporary of Lawrence of Arabia, he advised the Cabinet on Middle Eastern affairs; at his instigation the Arab Bureau was created, and he revived ancient Greek and Roman names for Middle Eastern regions, such as 'Syria', 'Palestine' 'Iraq' & 'Mesopotamia'. Some use & lacks free front end paper o/w nice tight copy. Uncommon
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62197
- Title
- Mark Sykes, His Life and Letters
- Author
- Leslie, Shane [Winston Churchill (introduction)]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
We are a general, Internet only bookseller with 25 years experience, specialising in Military & Russian material. We have operated on-line for 9 years
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- Octavo
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