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Himalayan Journals. Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c.
by Hooker, Joseph Dalton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1955 London: John Murray, 1955 2 volumes in one. xvi, 348; xii, 345 + [2] ad pp. Described as 'A New Edition, carefully revised and condensed.' Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge tender. Page edges gilded. Dark red cloth boards are gold-stamped with an illustration of a mountain and an elaborate frame with intwined vines.Boards are clean with modest rubbing and a little dulling of spine. Hooker, a botanist like his more famous father, Sir William Jackson Hooker (a fern specialist), was well known for his books on flora, particularly in the Himalayas, India, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 600249
- Title
- Himalayan Journals. Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c.
- Author
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan; China's Borderlands;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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