Through Asia
by Hedin, Sven
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., 1898 2 vols. 8vo. original green cloth gilt, teg, uncut, with inlaid decoration on upper boards (as is typical given the weight of these volumes, the bindings are a little shaken with hinges starting (generally firm, but the upper hinge in vol. 1 is weak), cloth extremities a little rubbed & bumped, with trifling wear at tips, several prev. owner's rsms, bookplates, labels etc. to outer leaves, small tears to front endpapers in vol. 1and some faint leaf edge spotting, otherwise clean internally); pp. xx, 1-664 (last colophon), with 13 illustrations (2 colour) & 4 colour maps (1 folding, slightly misfolded); xii, 665-1278, with 24 illustrations (2 colour) & 2 maps (1 colour folding). Very heavy set (3.75 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good copy. [Not in Neate, but includes his attempts on Mustagh-Ata].. First English. Hard Cover. VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009360
- Title
- Through Asia
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Sven Hedin Through Asia Mountaineering Central Asia China Tibet Mustagh Ata
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
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