China to Chitral
by Tilman, H. W. [Harold William]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951 VG/VG-. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (top edge a little dusty, spotting to outer leaves, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, extremities worn with small loss to spine ends, handwritten doggerel to rear flap); pp. xii, 124, with 69 illustrations & 4 maps. A very good copy. [Neate T36: Account of his journey through Chinese Turkestan in 1949. He attempted Bogdo Ola and Chakar Aghil with Shipton].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007491
- Title
- China to Chitral
- Author
- Tilman, H. W. [Harold William]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Bill Tilman China to Chitral Chinese Central Asia Urumchi Bogdo Ola Kashgar Chagar Aghil Sinkiang Xinjiang Himalaya Karakoram Karakorum Chitral Pakistan Mountaineering
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