Bayonets to Lhasa
by Peter Fleming
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good/price Clipped
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/price Clipped. pp.319 with index. Red top cover with Potala picture on the lower half d/j - The story of the British Invasion of Tibet at the turn of the 19th c. b/w photos. deckle outer edge. clean tight copy d/j shows rubbing to extremities, small tears/wear to corners, small tears and wear to top/bottom spines, small tears with creasing to top back near spine hinge, former owner has written Died '82 on back cover bio of wife. front lower 1/2" tear in the middle with corner small tear and creases, dust jacket flaps back and front corners not squared but slanted Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Booked Experiences (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018598
- Title
- Bayonets to Lhasa
- Author
- Peter Fleming
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good/price Clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1961
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- CHINA; ADVENTURE; ENGLAND;
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