The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck: A Journey Into The Himalayas And Down The Brahmaputra
by Nugent, Rory
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0395505526
- ISBN 13
- 9780395505526
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback It's true-he was looking for a pink-headed duck, last seen in the wild in 1935 (See Plate following page 116). First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Mylar jacket cover. Photographic illustrations. Roy Nugent headed for India to find this rarest of birds--to New Delhi where he was befriended by a Cambridge educated smuggler; to Skiim where he got lost in the Valley of Bliss; to Darjeeling--and an axperience with Gurkha guerrillas- and on to Assam where he bought a skiff and became the first person to paddle the Brahmaputra from Burma to Bangladesh--well, there is more, but this sets the tone for a very exciting journey. And did he find the duck? 222 pages. 5.75 x 8.25. 1991, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013984
- Title
- The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck: A Journey Into The Himalayas And Down The Brahmaputra
- Author
- Nugent, Rory
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395505526
- ISBN 13
- 9780395505526
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- INDIA, TRAVEL CALCUTTA EXPLORER SIKKIM DARJEELING ASSAM BURMA
- X weight
- 0 oz
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