Vagabonding at Fifty From Siberia to Turkestan
by Wilson, Helen Calista and Mitchell, Elsie Reed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Coward McCann Inc, 1929. viii,(4), 9-335 pp. Octavo. Original Red Gilt stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine and front board. Clean and bright. Endpaper maps. Frontis map. 20 illustrations. Original printed pictorial dustwrapper. Jacket has some minor chips and is bit soiled but otherwise clean and bright The two middle aged women started their great journey from the mining town of Kuzbas through the Altai Mountains and onto Tashkent and Bokhara. They apparently had many adventures along the way and have produced a fantastic travel narrative. Scarce in the pretty pictorial wrapper. 1929
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143198
- Title
- Vagabonding at Fifty From Siberia to Turkestan
- Author
- Wilson, Helen Calista and Mitchell, Elsie Reed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Coward McCann Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- mountaineering
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...