Samarkand and beyond: A history of desert caravans Tapa dura - 1977

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

London: Constable, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing octavo hardback 208 pages illustrated Very good condition in Very good unclipped dust jacket Signed by the author for his sisters on the title page (11 words) Scarce signature

Constable, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The dust jacket is well preserved but has faded a little to the spine. Maps, illustrations, 205pp.

Constable, 1977. 205pp. Hardback with DJ, VG, paper has turned light brown, index, b&w photos, A history of the Desert Caravans of the Middle East, . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Constable, 1977. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. London: Constable, 1977. Some b/w/illustrations and photographs, including frontispiece. 205 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown paper covered boards. Heel bumped. Else, a nice copy in like dustjacket with light fading to spine panel. Very good+/Very good+.

Constable, 1977. Hardcover. Good.

E-057: Constable. Very Good. 1977. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Constable and Company, London, UK. 1977. 205 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Samarkand, a caravanserai on the ancient trade route from the vast Asian deserts to China, is symbolic of a vanishing world - the world of the desert caravan. James Howard Wellard was a prolific writer of both fiction & nonfiction. He was a journalist who served as a combat correspondent attached to Patton's Third Army during WWII, after which he wrote a biography of General Patton. He continued his successful career as an author until the 1980s. EB; 8.4 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 205 pages .

Constable. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!