Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet (2 Vol Set)
by HEDIN, SVEN
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co 1909. 2 VOL SET, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled lower page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 442pp, vol 2- vii + 450pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards with some minor surface loss to rear, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling to pages sporadically throughoutmoderate tanning to pgs 188-189 of vol 2)
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- Title
- Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet (2 Vol Set)
- Author
- HEDIN, SVEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co 1909
- Keywords
- colonial editions travel writing literature Himalayas exploration Tibet Sven Hedin
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...