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Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
by Kremmer, Christopher
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Seller
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Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ecco, 2002. 1st. . Hardcover. Good/Good. GOOD/GOOD. Wear at head and heel of spine and edges and corners of boards, corners of boards bumped, covers and page edges a bit soiled. Jacket handled, bumped and chipped at head and heel of spine and folds, creased and torn at top of front fold, rear flap creased. xii, 448 pp., illus. Size: 8vo
Synopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291409
- Title
- Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
- Author
- Kremmer, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st.
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle East;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Maya Jones Books
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
About Maya Jones Books
Based in the Ortiz Mountains near the old mining towns of Madrid and Cerrillos New Mexico, we feature general stock with a specialty in Latin American art, history and archaeology. From early September until the end of July, please visit us at the El Museo Cultural Market in the Santa Fe Railyard District.
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