Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet
by Starr, Lilian A
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran, 1924 New York: George H. Doran, 1924 253 pp with author's portrait frontis and eight additional B&W plates Text is clean and unmarked. Front hinge tender. Blue cloth boards with pastedown on spine have some edgewear. Lillian Starr, a missionary nurse in Peshawar, was pivotal in the rescue of an Englishwoman kidnapped by Afridi tribesmen along the Northwet Frontier border. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200542
- Title
- Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet
- Author
- Starr, Lilian A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- George H. Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- Afganistan, Hunza, Central Asia;
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant Books
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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