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Published by George G. Harrap, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 242 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are clean, with moderate tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Light tanning to free endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and heavily tanned.
Published by Nat Geographic, 1925
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Aug, 1925, pp. 191-223, Profusely Illus with BW Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 272 Language: English Pages: 272.
Published by Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1928
Hardcover. Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket. 242 pp. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Upper edge of front cover worn through. The author's account of his time spent in the service of a feudal nobleman in Persia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by National Geographic Magazine, 1925
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
pgs.not bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. very good condition. Vintage paper items are not returnable scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w . Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w . Pages neatly trimmed, in mylar with a stiff backing.; NOVI009237; pages 6x9; 32 pages.
Published by Arno Press, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0405053355ISBN 13: 9780405053351
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Reprint. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library label on front board and on spine tail. Just a trace of bumping at the spine extremities. Else binding quite clean. Pages clean, but for library markings. ; WHH15C; 242 pages; Ex-Library.
Published by Harrap., London, 1927
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 242pp, photos. Fighting traditions and service of a feudal nobleman in Persia.Boards have 'Boots' label removed, lending bookplate to rear ep and 'S' stamped to foot on edge but otherwis a reasonable copy. 800g.
, 232 pages, 8 black and white photographic plates First Edition , corners and spine rubbed, spine faded, a few marks to boards, bookplate to front pastedown, binding firm, occasional light foxing, good condition , original maroon cloth, black titles to spine , octavo, 20 cm x 13 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by New York, Robert McBride, (1927)., 1927
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First (US) edition. Publisher's cloth. Very good copy, front and back boards little marked, ends of spine slightly frayed. Frontispiece with some edge wear along the right-hand side. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Illustrated with photographic plates. An entertaining and informative memoir, describing time spent following the World War, which took the author to Mesopotamia, as a general man-of-all-sorts to a Persian lord in the last years of the Qajar dynasty. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by George G. Harrap & Company LTD., London, 1927
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A nice example of the first edition of this detailed account of life and work in Persia at the beginning of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.'Checkmate' is Forbes-Leith's first hand account of his time in the service of one of the feudal nobleman of Persia.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fourteen plates.Collated, complete.Written byFrancis Arthur Cornelius Forbes-Leith, who also wrote 'By Car to India'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd light spot. Very Good. book.