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A Ride to India Across Persia and Baluchistan.
by DE WINDT, HARRY
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
London.: Chapman and Hall.. 1891.. Folding map, 22 black and white full page plates by Herbert Walker from sketches by the author, 4 page publisher's catalogue at rear, 339pp, some foxing, particularly first leaves, tear in folding map, now neatly repaired, original pictorial cloth rubbed and worn at extremities, corners bumped, minor wear endpapers, binding a trifle skewed. Ex Parliamentary library, gilt library stamp upper cover, few library stamps first leaves. A most readable account of the author's journey from Tiflis to Baku, the Caspian Sea, Astara, Resht, Patchinar, Teheran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bushire, Baluchistan, Beila and Gwarjak, Kelat, Quetta to Bombay. Scarce. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53656
- Title
- A Ride to India Across Persia and Baluchistan.
- Author
- DE WINDT, HARRY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1891.
- Keywords
- Iran, Persia, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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