Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c [The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G.T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc.]
by Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1891 12mo. original blue cloth gilt ruled in black, decorated endpapers (ex-library with RSMs, label, bookplate etc. to early leaves only, rubbed & a little frayed, some toning & offsetting, lower hinge starting; lacks folding maps, envelope conatining prev. owner's ephemera to lower pastedown); pp. xxxii, 574 + 2p. pubs. advts., with tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait, facsimile of Dhurma Rajah's seal, 13 full page illustrations, 72 text illustrations & 2 folding maps/panoramas. A good reading copy. [Neate H108: Hooker was the first to make an almost complete circuit of Kangchenjunga in the years 1848-50: a classic of early Himalayan travel and exploration].. First Thus. Hard Cover. G+.
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- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 031500
- Title
- Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c [The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G.T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc.]
- Author
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Joseph Hooker Himalayan Journals Natural History Bengal Sikkim Nepal Himalayas Mountaineering Asia Botany
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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