In The Footsteps Of The Buddha
by Grousset, Rene
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: George Routledge. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Some rubbing and bumping to ends of spine. Browning to dust wrapper. 1 1/2" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. 2 x 1/2 x 1/2" chips at head of dust wrapper spine. Series of tears up to 3/8" along tail of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at bottom rear fold of dust wrapper. A couple of 1/2" tears along bottom edge of front panel of dust wrapper. 3/8" tear in front fold of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper has been trimmed along long edge, and is 1/4" shorter than the height of the book. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xi, [1], 352 pages + frontis + plates + one folding map at rear. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 222mm x 140mm. Selected Contents: In The China Of The Epics; The Appeal Of Buddhism; Through The Wide West; Persian Paintings In The Gobi; On The Eve Of The Shattering Of The Hordes; In The Land Of Graeco-Buddhism; A Journey In The Deccan In The Time Of Ajanta; The Monastic City Of Nalanda; Harsha, The Poet King; From Pamir To Tun-Huang; The Glory Of The T'Angs; Pilgrims Of The Southern Seas; The Voyages Of I-Ching; The Metaphysical Flight Of The Mahayana; In The Mystic Heaven Of Buddhism; The Revelation Of Indian Art. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7437
- Title
- In The Footsteps Of The Buddha
- Author
- Grousset, Rene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.