London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's red cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,with modest rubbing and wear to the outer extremities of the d/j,one tiny closd tear along top edge of the rear cover.Not Price clipped and this copy has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper and there is one tiny bookseller's ticket to the bottom edge of the front pastedown of Blackwell in Oxford.Illustrated with 22 full page plates of which 6 are in colour.Folding map to rear in great order.The book tells of the Author's travels and hunting experiences over several years in the great deserts and mountain ranges of Russia and Central Asia.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Very decent copy for the collector.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a brodart cover sleeve,8vo 290pp First Edition 1st Impression [1949] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1949.

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Bookseller: Richard Thornton Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 79898
Title: Beyond The Caspian (A Naturalist in Centrral Asia)
Author: Carruthers,Douglas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Oliver and Boyd
Place of Publication: London and Edinburgh
Date Published: 1949
Size: 8vo.
Keywords: Russia Asia Hunting Big Game
Bookseller catalogs: TRAVEL/TRANSPORT;

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