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Near East
by Beaton, Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, missing d/j, red cloth boards with yellow impressed titling on cover and spine (some sunning on edges and spine sligh
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford, 1943. 1st. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, red cloth boards with yellow impressed titling on cover and spine (some sunning on edges and spine slightly cocked with bumping and rubbing); text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Beaton's account of his 3 months in the Near East taking photographs and collecting material for the British Air Ministry and Ministry of Information. Includes many b/w photographs
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC122915
- Title
- Near East
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, missing d/j, red cloth boards with yellow impressed titling on cover and spine (some sunning on edges and spine sligh
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 150
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, memoir, autobiography, war, Levant, travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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