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The Ottomans
de Wheatcroft, Andrew
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670844128
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844128
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Middlesex, England and New York, New York, USA: Viking Press/Penguin Group, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. 45 Illustration Plates, b/w and color. The Ottomans --not Turkish, not Middle Eastern, not a shadow of the West-- were they the legendary savages, sybarites? Andrew Wheatcroft explores the qualities that were uniquely Ottoman, those warriors from the steppes of Central Asia. And today, there is still a pervasive influence of Ottoman style, from the four hundred years of Ottoman culture. The book is bound in red and black boards with gilt outlined panel on spine w/gilt titles within. Red panel from and back have spotting, lower edges rubbed, spine heel compresses. Binding tight and solid. Internals very clean, no markings. Clean, bright jacket with illus of "Cairo Bazaar, 1856" by J.F.H.Lewis and on back: "Women and Children Entering a Bathhouse", by Camille Rogier; spine head chipped, spine heel wrinkled with a slit up the rear hinge half way up, protected and quite attractive in archival cover. xxix + 322 pages including Notes on the Illustrations, Notes on the Text, Bibliography, and Index. 9.6 x 6.25 inches. 1994, Viking Press/Penguin Group, England and New York, New York, USA
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 016938
- Título
- The Ottomans
- Autor
- Wheatcroft, Andrew
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670844128
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844128
- Editorial
- Viking Press/Penguin Group
- Lugar de publicación
- Middlesex, England and New York, New York, USA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Palabras clave
- CENTRAL ASIA STEPPES MIDDLE EAST TURKEY BYZANTINE EMPIRE STAMBOUL
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
