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In the Palaces of the Sultan
by Dodd, Anna Bowman (1858-1929)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine. Bound in ivory cloth over boards, with upper board and spine in orange, green, and gilt. Top edge of textblock gilt.
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. First edition. Full cloth. Small quarto. xiv, 492 pages. Near fine. Bound in ivory cloth over boards, with upper board and spine in orange, green, and gilt. Top edge of textblock gilt. Some minor edge rubs and faint soil to binding.. Black and white photographs. Observations and impressions by an American woman's who was with Ambassador Horace Porter's party on a diplomatic visit to Turkey. Dodd stayed at the Sultan's Yildiz Palace at Constantinople. Illustrated with many photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 573
- Title
- In the Palaces of the Sultan
- Author
- Dodd, Anna Bowman (1858-1929)
- Illustrator
- Black and white photographs
- Format/Binding
- Full cloth. Small quarto. xiv, 492 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine. Bound in ivory cloth over boards, with upper board and spine in orange, green, and gilt. Top edge of textblock gilt.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Yildiz Palace, Sultan, Turkey, Istanbul, Constantinople
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure & Travel;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Your complete satisfaction is guaranteed, and any book is returnable for a full refund if not as described. We accept payment by American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, PayPal, check, or money order. We pack and ship in corrugated cardboard boxes for protection in transit. Shipping costs for Priority Mail, international destinations, or heavy items occasionally need to be adjusted, in which case we will contact you for approval. Institutions and libraries may request an invoice. We can email digital photographs of any available book upon request.
About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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