Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet.
by HEDIN, SVEN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
London.: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1909.. 2 volumes, 10 maps - 3 folding, 388 black and white illustrations from photographs, water colour sketches and drawings by the author. Volume I: xxiii + 436pp, 4 pages publisher's adverts, Volume II: xvii + 441 including index + 2 pages of publisher's adverts. Red cloth covered boards with gilt device stamped in gilt on the upper board of each volume, cloth discoloured on the upper board of volume I, some minor flecking to the cloth of each volume, head of spines starting to fray but holding firm. Top edges gilt, some browning endpapers and mild foxing to some of the margins, however this is a good firm copy of the first edition. 22.5 x 14cm .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215598
- Title
- Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet.
- Author
- HEDIN, SVEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1909.
- Keywords
- Asia, Central Asia, China, Himalayas, Tibet
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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