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The Real Siberia - Together with an Account of a Dash through Manchuria
by Fraser, John Foster
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Some foxing. Some rubbing and light crease to spine. Small 1" dampstain to corner of rear board. Foxing to title page and to tissue guard between frontispiece and title page.; "Cassell's Colonial Library" edition. May 1903 reprint. xvi, 279, [1] pages + frontispiece + map + 86 illustrations on 47 plates leaves + 16 pages advertisements. Advertisements on endpapers. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped circular design on front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 124mm. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20978
- Title
- The Real Siberia - Together with an Account of a Dash through Manchuria
- Author
- Fraser, John Foster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Siberia Manchuria Ural Mountains Mongolia
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Reprint
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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