The Abode of Snow
by Wilson, Graham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
-
Kenmore, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Putnam's , 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Putnam's 1875, first edition. Green beveled boards in VG condition; one signature is working loose but holding, folding map at front has an unrepaired tear. Covers are clean with no bumps; gilt on front is very bright, spine is slightly darkened. 5.75 x 8 in., 380 pp. Subtitle: Observations on a journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valley of the Himalaya.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Azarat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3609
- Title
- The Abode of Snow
- Author
- Wilson, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam's
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Himalayas, Tibet, exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Azarat Books
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About the Seller
Azarat Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
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- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...