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My Life As An Explorer -- 1925 HARDCOVER
by Hedin, Sven
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Garden City & New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1925. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 1925 Hardcover Reprint. Many sellers incorrectly identify this edition as the first edition. It is not. The first US edition was published by Boni & Liveright in 1925. This edition has the same size and contents (but without the 8 color plates) as the Boni edition but has different covers. Original beige cloth with dark brown lettering and decoration front cover, dark brown letterng and emblem spine. The book has some darking to spine areas where the DJ is lacking, generally clean covers, EP cracked paper at hinge but hinge is quite strong with solid mesh, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket lacks the top 7cm of the front panel, lacks bottom 4cm and top 3cm of spine. The book measures 248mm tall x 171mm, and has 544 pages, 165 b/w sketch illustrations by author, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003269
- Title
- My Life As An Explorer -- 1925 HARDCOVER
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City & New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Lop-nor, Turkistan, Turkestan, Sinkiang, Central Asia, Gobi Desert, Ghashun
- Bookseller catalogs
- Central Asia;
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
About JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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