The Road to Oxiana.
by BYRON, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan, London., 1937. First edition. Octavo. pp x, 341, [2] adverts. 16 black-and-white photographs by the author. First issue royal blue cloth. The author's classic account of his travels to, and in, Afghan Turkestan. Scuffs and scratches to covers. Spine a bit darkened. Small snag to tail of spine. Very good. No dustwrapper.
Synopsis
Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BYRONROB010735
- Title
- The Road to Oxiana.
- Author
- BYRON, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan, London.
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- central asia afghanistan turkmanistan iran persia
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....