Himalayan Holiday. A Trans-Himalayan Diary 1939
by Young, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1945 nd [1945].VG/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (cloth edges rubbed & a little sunned, occ. marks, leaf edges and endpapers a little spotted, pastedowns slightly rippled) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & frayed, tape strengthening to headcap. spine a little sunned); pp. 108, with 19 plates & 3 maps (one colour folding, with closed tear). A very good copy. [Neate Y25: Northern Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028119
- Title
- Himalayan Holiday. A Trans-Himalayan Diary 1939
- Author
- Young, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Peter Young Himalayan Holiday Mountaineering Himalaya Kashmir India Ladakh Leh Trekking Baltistan
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About the Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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- VG/VG
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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