The Early Empires of Central Asia. A Study of the Sycthians and the Huns and the part they played in world history.
by William Montgomery McGovern
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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CA$173.19CA$129.89
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1939. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine.SIGNED and INSCRIBED, " With the warm best wishes of the author W.M. McGovern". This copy is VG. Exterior spine ends/tips are a bit crimped. Covers/edges a bit rubbed. Inside has neat PO signature to front paste down from 1947, "Pekin, China". Rear paste down has small bookseller's label from " French Bookstore, Peiping, China" . Small "5-" on FEP. Otherwise unmarked, firmly bound with moderate toning to EPs. SCARCE signed. Only such on Abe as of July 2022. Very nice..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002553
- Title
- The Early Empires of Central Asia. A Study of the Sycthians and the Huns and the part they played in world history.
- Author
- William Montgomery McGovern
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Academic;
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