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No Tigers in the Hindu Kush [Uncorrected Proof]
by Tranter, Philip; edited by Nigel Tranter
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good with no dust jacket. (1967). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some fading and rubbing to wrappers. Some fading, rubbing, and creasing to spine. ; Uncorrected Proof copy, in green printed wrappers. 155 pages. Page dimensions: 217 x 137mm. Front wrapper lists the proposed price and proposed publication date. This proof copy does not have the illustrations and maps that were in the final published work. "First Printed 1967" on copyright page. "Although naturally in early discussions our thoughts had ranged over the whole field of the Andes, the Himalayas and elsewhere in Central Asia, Afghanistan had always attracted us especially - for the Hindu Kush, that great mountain range, part of the backbone of Asia running westwards from the remote regions where the Himalayas and the Karakorum meet the Pamir, had enormous pull for us." - page 11. ; 8vo .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11964
- Title
- No Tigers in the Hindu Kush [Uncorrected Proof]
- Author
- Tranter, Philip; edited by Nigel Tranter
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1967)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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