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Servant of Sahibs. A Book to Be Read Aloud.
by GALWAN, GHULAM RASSUL
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
New York.: D. Appleton & Company.. Reprint.. May1924.. With an introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, facsimile of the author's handwriting, xix + 282pp, glossary. Edges somewhat foxed, bright red cloth covered boards stamped and lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket with some chips, mainly to the head and tail of spine, now protected. Originally published in 1923. An attractive copy. 21.5 x 13.5cm. Account of the life and travels of Ghulam Rassul Galwan a Muslim from Ladak who worked for many years in the service of English and American travellers in the Himalayas, Central Asia and Tibet. The book is written in the idiomatic English used by the author and is designed to be read aloud to accomodate for his unusual style. An interesting account. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215769
- Title
- Servant of Sahibs. A Book to Be Read Aloud.
- Author
- GALWAN, GHULAM RASSUL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- May1924.
- Keywords
- Biography, British India, British Raj, Central Asia, Himalayas, India, Tibet, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, Zz_highlights_1, zz_ListOn_eBay
Terms of Sale
Asia Bookroom
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
Biblio member since 2010
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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