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The Mask of Siam
by DAVID BARNETT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
HALE, 1959-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Hardcover, First Edition 1959 Robert Hale London 189 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to maroon cloth boards with gilt titles-corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear and a bit of chipping and light soiling to unclipped DJ-now in mylar. (NOTE: my DJ is a creme color with a red illustration and red and black titles --not a blueish tone like the picture). Previous owner name on inside front cover, no notes-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. Author's observations of Siam in the 1950's include poking around the back streets of Bangkok, visiting an opium den and exploring the jungle where he stays with a primitive tribe of hill people and is nearly killed by wild elephants. 13 illustrations plus map. LOC SSS-36
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150609002
- Title
- The Mask of Siam
- Author
- DAVID BARNETT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- HALE
- Date Published
- 1959-01-01
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction. Siam, Thailand
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
Biblio member since 2007
Dearborn, Michigan
About Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
We are an online, phone and snail mail bookseller.Our books don't need batteries or a license to read. Selling books on-line since 2004. CABS graduate in 2009. Member MWABA since 2013. Excellent customer service, quick shipping, and an assortment of great books. The majority of our inventory is non-fiction general stock with an emphasis on transportation (air, rail, auto), exploration, and military history. We also have hundreds of Vintage Paperbacks that are for the most part not listed online. Eyebrowse Books is always looking for and buying good quality books. We may be reached via e-mail, phone and snail mail. I sincerely appreciate all our customers, new as well as returning ones, and strive every day to present them the most interesting books I can find.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- LOC
- Library of Congress
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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