Faber & Faber 1957 (1st.).. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine slightly faded with small piece missing from top end. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to endpapers. Owner’s bookplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 337 pp. With b/w photographs and maps. Fold out map at back. By the Times correspondent better known later as Jan Morris, travel writer. A picture of the Middle East as it was at the time of the Suez crisis.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 88339
Title: The Market Of Seleukia.
Author: MORRIS, JAMES:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber 1957 (1st.).
Keywords: FOREIGN TRAVEL Middle East Middle East James Morris Jan Morris Seleukia, middle east, suez crisis, illustrated, first, dustwrapper.

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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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...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...