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Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
de Kremmer, Christopher
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Librería
-
Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
Precio
EUR 14.08EUR 11.27
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Ecco, 2002. 1st. . Hardcover. Good/Good. GOOD/GOOD. Wear at head and heel of spine and edges and corners of boards, corners of boards bumped, covers and page edges a bit soiled. Jacket handled, bumped and chipped at head and heel of spine and folds, creased and torn at top of front fold, rear flap creased. xii, 448 pp., illus. Size: 8vo
Sinopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Maya Jones Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 291409
- Título
- Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
- Autor
- Kremmer, Christopher
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st.
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Editorial
- Ecco
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Middle East;
Términos de venta
Maya Jones Books
Books are returnable if not as described.
Sobre el vendedor
Maya Jones Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Cerrillos, New Mexico
Sobre Maya Jones Books
Based in the Ortiz Mountains near the old mining towns of Madrid and Cerrillos New Mexico, we feature general stock with a specialty in Latin American art, history and archaeology. From early September until the end of July, please visit us at the El Museo Cultural Market in the Santa Fe Railyard District.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
