Tent Work in Palestine - 2 Volumes
by Conder, Claude R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London Richard Bentley & Son 1879. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. very good pictorial cloth, black letters with gilt figures. by Palestine Exploration Fund. Both volumes solid, and clean inside. Rebacked with new endpapers. Illustrated profusely by J Whymper. Conder arrived in Palestine the summer of 1872 to command the Survey of Western Palestine. He returned to England in Sept 1875 with a mass of notes, surveys and observations. He had completed 4700 square miles. This is his personal history of the work. This is labelled a "new edition" one year after the first edition. .
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008724
- Title
- Tent Work in Palestine - 2 Volumes
- Author
- Conder, Claude R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- London Richard Bentley & Son 1879.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- PALESTINE MIDDLE EAST CONDER DECORATIVE CLOTH TRAVEL ISRAEL TENT WORK ILLUSTRATED PROFUSE BY J WHYMPER.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Palestine / Israel; Archaeology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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