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MIRROR TO DAMASCUS
by Thubron, Colin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Fair
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1967. xiv, + 226pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections, plus a green stock (8 page) section (first and last pages blank) of locality maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over slightly bumped spine. Plain cerise-coloured cloth boards have a minor colour variation on rear board and minimal shelfwear. Tinted endpapers and textblock top edge, else leaves unmarked. Colour, pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nipped and edgeworn, plus jagged short tears and abraded folds, seller's sticker on front flap. The author, who lived with a poor Arab family in the world's oldest capital, Damascus, attempts to describe the city in its entirety . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 18 chapters, Chronology, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 840g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good +/Fair.
Synopsis
Colin Thubron is the master of classic travel writing and a previous winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. His books include: Among the Russians ; Behind the Wall ; The Lost Heart of Asia and In Siberia .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012568
- Title
- MIRROR TO DAMASCUS
- Author
- Thubron, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION, DAMASCUS, HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, THUBRON, COLIN, 1939-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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