Narrow Pass, Black Mountain : The Discovery of the Hittite Empire
by Ceram, C W; Winston, Richard & Clara (Trans)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz/Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956. Blue bds with bright Gilt title, gilt decoration to front (sl dulled) Publishers Yellow stained top edge, pp xix 284 with 32 plate illus, 64 line illus through text and a map. CONDITION is tight and clean almost as new and appears unread.. First English. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11390
- Title
- Narrow Pass, Black Mountain : The Discovery of the Hittite Empire
- Author
- Ceram, C W; Winston, Richard & Clara (Trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz/Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Damascus Ninevah Ankara
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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