An Unfrequented Highway. Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori
by Easton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Knopf. Used - Good. 1929. Cloth, quarto, ix and 133 pp, with b&w illustrations. Corners bumped and frayed, with some general scuffing to boards. Spine slightly cocked with some sunning and fraying to head and tail. Foxing to text. Overall, very sound. (Subject: Central Asia.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR12674
- Title
- An Unfrequented Highway. Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori
- Author
- Easton, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...