A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
by Newby, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0002727722
- ISBN 13
- 9780002727723
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Harvill Press, 1984 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (slightly rubbed & marked, paperstock a little toned) in dustwrapper priced £8.95 net (slightly rubbed & nicked, spine and exposed edges sunned with pigment fading); pp. 248 (last blank), with frontispiece & 2 maps. A very good copy. [Neate N16: Two non-mountaineers attempt 19,880 ft Mir Samir in north-east Afghanistan and explore the remote region of Nuristan. Classic work by well-known writer and traveller]. This is Newby's most celebrated book, highly sought after.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033881
- Title
- A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
- Author
- Newby, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0002727722
- ISBN 13
- 9780002727723
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Eric Newby Short Walk in the Hindu Kush Mountaineering Nuristan Afghanistan Mir Samir Wilfred Thesiger
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About the Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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