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Through the Iron-Laced Curtain: A Record of a journey through the Balkans in 1946
by M. Philips Price
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$29.50NZ$22.12
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About This Item
Through the Iron-Laced Curtain: A Record of a journey through the Balkans in 1946 by M. Philips Price Hardback, 1949, first edition, published by Sampson Low, London, viii + 133 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8" by 5 1/4" by 1/2". No dust jacket. Black cloth binding, yellow lettering to spine. Scuffing and some marking to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges. Bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges lightly browned, scuffed and a little marked. The odd mark to page surfaces and extensive pencil scribbling to page 43 but otherwise reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-485
- Title
- Through the Iron-Laced Curtain: A Record of a journey through the Balkans in 1946
- Author
- M. Philips Price
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- viii + 133
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, Europe, Bulgaria, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Macedonia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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