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Nubian Rescue
by Rex Keating
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801554691
- ISBN 13
- 9780801554698
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Robert Hale & Conpany/Hawthorn Books, Inc. , 1975 Robert Hale & Conpany/Hawthorn Books, Inc., London/New York. 1975. Hardcover. Stated First Publishing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner stamp on FFFP. Book Condition: VG+; light bumping to head, tail, and lower tips from shelving. DJ: VG; NOT price clipped; light rubbing to jacket; area of plastic coating separation from the paper on lower rear. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 269 pp 8vo. This is the story of the archaeological expeditions in Nubia on the Nile River between 1960 and 1969. The dig was an archaeological salvage operation as some 30 countries worked to conserve or excavate ancient monuments, settlements, and cemeteries doomed to destruction by the rising waters of Egypt's High Dam at Assuan. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004744
- Title
- Nubian Rescue
- Author
- Rex Keating
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801554691
- ISBN 13
- 9780801554698
- Publisher
- Robert Hale & Conpany/Hawthorn Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- High Dam at Aswan, Nubia, Egypt, Nile River, archeology, archaeological excavations, archaeological excavations in Egypt, Nubian plateau, Egyptian Pharaohs, Africa, UNESCO Nubian Campaign
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Matters;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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