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Among the Himalayas. Bibliotheca Himalayica Series I, Volume 18
by Waddell, L.A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. 1976 reprint. Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Illustrated with black and white plates, folding map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers, with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is very good with some light shelf soil, some very minor edge chips, very little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045250
- Title
- Among the Himalayas. Bibliotheca Himalayica Series I, Volume 18
- Author
- Waddell, L.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Ratna Pustak Bhandar
- Place of Publication
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING ALPINE CLIMBING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture; Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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