Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with Their History
by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Almost Fine
- Seller
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1856. Finely bound in dark brown morocco leather with gilded raised bands gitl titles, marbled boards , edges & endpapers, seven coloured folding maps & four woodcuts, some underling in pencil and a tiny amount of foxing as is often found. Stanley traveled to Egypt & the middle east the previous year, he became Dean of Westminster abbey. This copy is from the private library of The macdermot Prince of Connaught, Coolavin house Co Sligo. Rare.. First Edition. Hard Back 1/2 Leather. Almost Fine. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003112
- Title
- Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with Their History
- Author
- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
- Illustrator
- illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Almost Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Travel Book, History of the Middle East
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Travel Books; World Religions; First Editions; Egyptology & the Middle East; Coolavin the entire Library of "The MacDermot";
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled boards
- ...