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Persia and Its People
de SYKES, Ella C
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- Librería
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Thick 8vo. Pp. xi. 356. Frontis. photo portrait of the
Shah as a boy. With 20 additional photographs taken by the author. Large fold-out map at rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with elaborate cover titles, spine with lettering and floral design in gilt. Minor soiling to front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Withal, a sturdy, presentable copy. "A description of life in Persia as observed by the author during two visits extending over a period of about three years in the last decade of the 19th and first decade of the 20th centuries. The book includes chapters on religion, government, travel, country life, Persian men, Persian women and the city of Mashdad." (GHANI, p. 362.) The author's brother was the diplomat and scholar Brigadier-General Sir Percy M. Sykes who also wrote extensively on Persia.
Shah as a boy. With 20 additional photographs taken by the author. Large fold-out map at rear. Index. Bound in blue cloth with elaborate cover titles, spine with lettering and floral design in gilt. Minor soiling to front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Withal, a sturdy, presentable copy. "A description of life in Persia as observed by the author during two visits extending over a period of about three years in the last decade of the 19th and first decade of the 20th centuries. The book includes chapters on religion, government, travel, country life, Persian men, Persian women and the city of Mashdad." (GHANI, p. 362.) The author's brother was the diplomat and scholar Brigadier-General Sir Percy M. Sykes who also wrote extensively on Persia.
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- Librería
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5555
- Título
- Persia and Its People
- Autor
- SYKES, Ella C
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition
- Editorial
- The Macmillan Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1910
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