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ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
HarperCollins, Date: 2003-07-07. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). The copyright page has First Published in 2003. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. 2003. HarperCollins ISBN 0007128991 9780007128990 [GB]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover The copyright page has First Published in 2003. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. [Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
HarperCollins, Date: 2003-07-07. Hardcover. Like New. 4.3967 cent in x 23.5821 cent in x 15.9878 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order 2003. HarperCollins ISBN 0007128991 9780007128990 [GB]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, London UK] Hardcover First Edition 424 pages. Dustjacket has slight wear/tiny creases to spine-ends, light wear to corners. Hardback binding has light wear/small creases to spine-ends, light wear to corners. B&W plates. Pages very clean. Nice condition. [KINGTON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order [Hereford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
HarperCollins. Very Good. 0007128991. Date: 2003, clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2003. Hardcover. 2003. HarperCollins ISBN 0007128991 9780007128990 [GB]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover 0007128991. 2003, clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 [Oxford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover From 1827 Henry Rawlinson, fearless soldier, sportsman and imperial adventurer of the first rank, spent twenty-five years in India, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the East India Company. During this time he survived the dangers of disease and warfare, including the disastrous First Anglo-Afghan War. A gifted linguist, fascinated by history and exploration, he became obsessed with cuneiform, the world's earliest writing. An immense inscription high on a sheer rock face at Bisitun in the mountains of western Iran, carved on the orders of King Darius the Great of Persia over 2,000 years ago, was the key to understanding the many cuneiform scripts and languages. Only Rawlinson had the physical and intellectual skills, courage, self-motivation and opportunity to make the perilous ascent and copy the monument. Here, Lesley Adkins relates the story of Rawlinson's life and how he triumphed in deciphering the lost languages of Persia and Babylonia, overcoming his brilliant but bitter rival, Edward Hincks. While based in Baghdad, Rawlinson became involved in the very first excavations of the ancient mounds of Mesopotamia, from Nineveh to Babylon, an area that had been fought over by so many powerful empires. His decipherment of the inscriptions resurrected unsuspected civilizations, revealing intriguing details of everyday life and forgotten ...
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover From 1827 Henry Rawlinson, fearless soldier, sportsman and imperial adventurer of the first rank, spent twenty-five years in India, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the East India Company. During this time he survived the dangers of disease and warfare, including the disastrous First Anglo-Afghan War. A gifted linguist, fascinated by history and exploration, he became obsessed with cuneiform, the world's earliest writing. An immense inscription high on a sheer rock face at Bisitun in the mountains of western Iran, carved on the orders of King Darius the Great of Persia over 2,000 years ago, was the key to understanding the many cuneiform scripts and languages. Only Rawlinson had the physical and intellectual skills, courage, self-motivation and opportunity to make the perilous ascent and copy the monument. Here, Lesley Adkins relates the story of Rawlinson's life and how he triumphed in deciphering the lost languages of Persia and Babylonia, overcoming his brilliant but bitter rival, Edward Hincks. While based in Baghdad, Rawlinson became involved in the very first excavations of the ancient mounds of Mesopotamia, from Nineveh to Babylon, an area that had been fought over by so many powerful empires. His decipherment of the inscriptions resurrected unsuspected civilizations, revealing intriguing details of everyday life and forgotten ...
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: London Harper Collins] Hardcover First Edition First Edition; Hardback, black bds., gold titles, 160 x 240 mm., 950 g., 424 pp., with Index, illustrated, previous owner's initials and date on ffep., original pictorial dw., unclipped, VG+/VG+ copy. [Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
HarperCollins 2003-07-07 hardcover Good. Good Jacket Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); The copyright page has First Published in 2003. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
HarperCollins 2003 Hardcover Fine FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name-Rare and Collectable-will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, UK] Hardcover A well reviewed study, particularly of Rawlinson's work. DW in archival sleeve. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins, UK] Hardcover Hardback in jacket 2003. Clean & tight book. SOME MARGINS HAVE PENCIL LINES. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 368.3 [Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0007128991, ISBN13: 9780007128990, [publisher: HarperCollins] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
London HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2003 Hard cover New. 448 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified.
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