Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains &c.
by HOOKER, Sir JOSEPH DALTON
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Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. 1891. Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, xxxi + 574pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing/chafing to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky, heavy cracking to gutters, previous owner's name in ink to half title page)
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- Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains &c.
- Author
- HOOKER, Sir JOSEPH DALTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. 1891
- Keywords
- exploration travel illustrated Himalayas journal diary Joseph Dalton nature botany Nepal
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