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DISCOVERIES AMONG THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON : WITH TRAVELS IN ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, AND THE DESERT: BEING THE RESULT OF A SECOND EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
by Layard, Austen Henry, Sir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray,, 1853. First edition hardback. The book has been soundly rebound in white buckram with the original cloth titles relaid; the binding is a bit grubby. The plates have some foxing and a few tatty edges and there is some light foxing in the text. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Gage Postal Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN7896
- Title
- DISCOVERIES AMONG THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON : WITH TRAVELS IN ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, AND THE DESERT: BEING THE RESULT OF A SECOND EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
- Author
- Layard, Austen Henry, Sir
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray,
- Date Published
- 1853
- Pages
- Illustrated, folding maps and plates, xxiii +[1] + 686
Terms of Sale
Gage Postal Books
All books are very good used copies with defects as noted. Books found not to be as described may be returned for a full refund.
About the Seller
Gage Postal Books
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Westcliff-on-Sea
About Gage Postal Books
One of the largest sellers of used theological and religious books in the U.K. Established in 1971.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
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- Rebound
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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