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Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909: an Account of the Expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy Duke of the Abbruzzi
by Filippi, Filippo De
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Constable and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. One volume only (lacking the portfolio volume) . Xvii, (1) , 469 pages + frontis + 25 plates with printed tissue guards + 5 double plates + 2 colour plates. Green cloth covers with blind-stamped border on front board. 3/8" chip in spine cloth. Water fleck damage to cloth surface of spine and rear board, with patchy loss of spine colour. Cloth rubbed at edges of spine and boards. Binding shaky. Gutters cracked internally. Hinges loose. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally pages clean and white. Light foxing to half title page and title page. No signatures. ; 4to .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001677
- Title
- Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909: an Account of the Expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy Duke of the Abbruzzi
- Author
- Filippi, Filippo De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Karakoram Himalayas Filippo De Filippi Prince Luig
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cracked
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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