London, England: The Folio Society, 2003. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xxiii, 671pp w index. Four indexed, unpaginated sections of illustrations, frontis. Mapped endpapers. Faint adhesive ghost to top corner front pastedown. Cream-yellow cloth w Arabic script decoration to cover and spine, gold lettering in black title panel to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Small quarto: 253 x 175mm. Black slipcase is clean and without wear, structurally sound. The Ottoman Empire was first published by Jonathan Cape Ltd. in 1977 under the title, The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire. This Folio edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations, and the inclusion of chapter titles, a chronological outline of the Ottoman Empire, and a list by Norman Stone of Addenda to the bibliography, together with his Introduction. - from the colophon.

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 046434
Title: The Ottoman Empire
Author: Kinross, Lord
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Folio Society
Place of Publication: London, England
Date Published: 2003
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Turkey -- Civilization -- 1288-1918. NOISBN World, Central Asia
Bookseller catalogs: History;

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