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Travel and Adventure in Tibet.: Including the Diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's Remarkable Journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the Forbidden Land
by William Carey
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm). First UK Edition. Half red morocco leather binding with pink buckram boards. Gilt decoration to spine, marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine darkened and has slight rubbing to edges. Good solid binding, clean text throughout. Prize bookplate tipped in to front free endpaper (Edgehill Girls College, Bideford) dated 1904, previous owner's name stamp to corner of first blank. Includes the first printing of the diary of Annie Royle Taylor, who in 1892 became the first woman to travel into Tibet. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 285
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1206T006
- Title
- Travel and Adventure in Tibet.: Including the Diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's Remarkable Journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the Forbidden Land
- Author
- William Carey
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm)
- Keywords
- China, Travel_Exploration/China
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Travel: China;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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