The Dust of Empire. The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
by Meyer, Karl E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: The Century Foundation / PublicAffairs, 2003 F+/F-. 8vo. original black backed papered boards gilt in dustwrapper (edges a little rubbed, with tiny tear to tail of upper hinge); pp. xviii, 252, (2 [pubs. info, last blank]), with illustrations & endpaper map. A fine copy, otherwise as new.. First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005738
- Title
- The Dust of Empire. The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
- Author
- Meyer, Karl E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Century Foundation / PublicAffairs
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.