TRANS-HIMALAYA, DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET
by Hedin, Sven
- Used
- Condition
- Slight fraying with a nick to one crown and one foot, inner hinge paper cracked at one joint, but quite sound, spine gilt faded
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan, 1909. First American edition. Slight fraying with a nick to one crown and one foot, inner hinge paper cracked at one joint, but quite sound, spine gilt faded but still legible. All-in-all a presentable copy. First American edition. Two volumes. xxiii, 436p, 4p ads; xvii, 439p, 4p ads. Illustrated, including ten maps, three folding. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt vignette on upper covers. A supplemental volume was published in 1913.
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- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16856
- Title
- TRANS-HIMALAYA, DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight fraying with a nick to one crown and one foot, inner hinge paper cracked at one joint, but quite sound, spine gilt faded
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
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