Beyond the Caspian - A Naturalist in Central Asia
by Carruthers, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Hinges weak. Corner clipped from front free endpaper and frontispiece. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; xx, 290 pages + colour frontispiece + 6 colour plates + 18 black-and-white illustrations on 15 plates (1 double-page) + colour folding map. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 216 x 139mm. Includes a 17 page Bibliography. [Reference: Czech, Asian Big Game Hunting Books, p. 44 - "A noted explorer, naturalist and scholar, Carruthers embarked on a journey through Samarkand and into the Kara Kul."] .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21351
- Title
- Beyond the Caspian - A Naturalist in Central Asia
- Author
- Carruthers, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oliver and Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1949
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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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