City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
by DALRYMPLE, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 000215725X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002157254
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 1993. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy. First impression. Quarto in original red boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 352 pages including black & white line illustrations / decorations throughout by Olivia Fraser, glossary, select bibliography and index. Top edge a little dusty, previous owner's name on flyleaf and half-title pages, a small closed tear and *very slight* creasing to top edge of dustjacket. William Dalrymple is a talented researcher and a superb and important writer on India past and present. He spends much of his life in Delhi and this book is a loving portrait of a city. A nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709054
- Title
- City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
- Author
- DALRYMPLE, William
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 000215725X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002157254
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- DELHI INDIA DESCRIPTION TRAVEL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia Pacific;
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