E-006: The Easton Press. Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1989. 314 pgs. Illustrated with a color frontispiece Signed by Kim Stanley Robinson on the limitation page. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full leather with raised bands to the spine ends. Decorated gilt stamped boards and spine with all edges gilt. Silk moiree endsheets with silk bookmark sewn into the binding. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Easton bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Kim Stanley Robinson's Escape From Kathmandu is a light-hearted fantasy tribute to the world of extreme mountain climbing follows the adventures of two American expatriates living in Nepal. The adventures started when George and Freds got together over the capture of a Yeti--an abominable snowman--by a scientific expedition. The thought of such a wild and mysterious creature in captivity--in prison--was too much for them to bear. And in freeing the Yeti, a great partnership was born. George and Freds will go on to greater heights as they explore the mysteries of Nepal, from Shangri-La to Kathmandu's governmental bureaucracy. EB; Signed First Edition, Leather Bound, Easton Press; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Last Exit Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 64649
Title: Escape from Kathmandu
Author: Robinson, Kim Stanley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: The Easton Press
Place of Publication: E-006
Date Published: 1989

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