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Abenteuer in Tibet
by [TIBET] HEDIN, SVEN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
Leipzig.: F. A. Brockhaus. Dritte Auflage (Third Edition). 1909.. Photographic frontispiece, folding map with outline colour, numerous monotone and black and white photographic plates & illustrations (a few in colour), x + 414 pages, 23 x15 cm, text in German; original pebbled cloth embossed in gilt and black, coloured illustration laid down on the upper board, spine a little sunned, edges a little bumped, front free endpaper abraded at the top edge presumably by the removal of a name, occasional very light foxing, a very good copy. German edition of Sven Hedin's "Adventures in Tibet". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215622
- Title
- Abenteuer in Tibet
- Author
- [TIBET] HEDIN, SVEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Dritte Auflage (Third Edition)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F. A. Brockhaus
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig.
- Date Published
- 1909.
- Keywords
- Central Asia, China, Exploration, Illustrated, Maps, Mongolia, Photography, Tibet, Tibet China, Travellers Accounts, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
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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!
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