The Last Home of Mystery; Adventures in Nepal [FIRST EDITION]
by POWELL, E. Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Century Co, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good. 8vo. 9"x6". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on cover. Decorative endpapers. Many photographic plates. 332 pp.
No jacket as usual. Light staining to covers. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper and rear endpaper. 1/4" loss top right corner pp. 101-104.
This is a stated first printing of American war correspondent Powel's memoir of his adventures in Nepal.
No jacket as usual. Light staining to covers. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper and rear endpaper. 1/4" loss top right corner pp. 101-104.
This is a stated first printing of American war correspondent Powel's memoir of his adventures in Nepal.
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- Bookseller
- Uncharted Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 909
- Title
- The Last Home of Mystery; Adventures in Nepal [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- POWELL, E. Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Century Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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