About this title: "Variations on Night and Day" follows the rise of Sultan Khureybit. He carves out the nation of Mooran by crushing rival clans, not only with military force, but also with a corrupt government and the help of the British Empire. His many wives also join in political intrigue.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Kathleen Digrado (Jacket Design) Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 333 pages, First American edition, First printing; Textblock is tight with no internal markings save for remainder line to top of textblock; Salmon-colored boards with a black spine and title in bronze (with only slight spine roll); Bright pictorial dust-jacket with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed it in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; .....(Final volume of ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First US edition. NEAR FINE in like jacket. DJ in protective cover shows lightest scuffing. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise fine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679755517ISBN:0679755519
Description: Very Good. Size: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches; Jordanian-born attorney Munif, former editor of the Baghdad-based monthly Oil and Development, brings his epic Cities of Salt trilogy full circle in its closing volume. Cities of Salt and The Trench, set in the Sultanate of Mooran (a thinly disguised version of Saudi Arabia) from the mid-1930s to the late 1950s, traced the effects of the discovery of oil by American and British groups. Variations covers the prelude to that period in the early decades of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Pages: 333; Weight: 1lb 7.4oz; Size: 9.4" x 6.7" x 1.2". Jacket has very minor edgewear, owner's label removed from inside front cover, shallow cut on front endpaper, textblock is like new. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. White, clean, crisp and bright First Edition, First Printing (1st Edition, 1st Printing) with dustjacket. A very SHARP copy! All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Signed Signed by Theroux. Writing in Arabic on title page may be Munif's signature. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 039457673X First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. All books shipped with DJ wrapped in archive safe mylar. Fine copy in Fine DJ. As new, Unread copy. Remainder marked. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 1993
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stain on bottom edge of text block, minor brusing on upper edge of dust jacket. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Tight Binding, Light cosmetic wear, square, edges and spine crisp, unmarked text ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Operated Bookstore Online Since '99 ** read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage International, New York U. S. A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679755517ISBN:0679755519
Description: As New. 978-0679755517. Marfree, Fine 1stEd; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 0.87 x 7.87 x 5.2 Inches; 333 pages; From Kirkus Reviews: The final installment of Munif's Cities of Salt trilogy, first published in 1989, offers still another view of the same historical subject: the corruption of traditional Arab values when Western allegiances substitute power and money for family and tribal loyalties. Munif's hero this time is ... read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st american edition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1993-08-03
ISBN-13:9780394576732ISBN:039457673X
Description: Very Good. COLLECTIBLE! 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing 1993 Pantheon Books (NY) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; color dj/cover light rubbing/mild edge wear w/no tears or nicks; price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 333 pages + 10 informational pgs; translated from Arabic by Peter Theroux; 42 chapters; author (w/photograph) + translator biographies; front jacket photo by G. Eric Matson w/cover design by Kathleen DiGrado; this is final volume in ... read more
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