The Great Game. On Secret Service in High Asia
by Hopkirk, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Kodansha International Limited, 1992 G/VG. 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards gilt (ex-library with RSMs, labels etc. to outer leaves, rubbed and a little worn along tail edge, splitting in gutter at illustrations, though all pages secure, a little thumbed & marked, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little nicked, spine sunned); pp. xxiv, 566 (last blank), with 39 illustrations & 6 maps. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good reading copy in an unworn dustwrapper. . First US. Hard Cover. G/VG.
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Details
- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 028736
- Title
- The Great Game. On Secret Service in High Asia
- Author
- Hopkirk, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First US
- Publisher
- Kodansha International Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Peter Hopkirk Great Game Central Asia British India Himalaya Russia
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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