The Chinese Lama Temple Potala of Jehol
by Montell, Gosta (Preface by Sven Hadin)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932 Book. Very Good - Fine. Soft cover. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. 64 pp, illus. with laid-in postcard from exhibition addressed to Sven Hadin. Near Pristine. No markings, tight binding, clean. 6.25" x 9.25". Pictorial wrappers in protective sleeve. Subtitle: Exhibition of Historical and Ethnological Collections made by Dr. Gosta Montell, Member of Dr. Sven Hadin's Expeditions and Donated by Vincent Bendix. "The Lama Temple was found by Drs. Montell and Hadin in 1930. It was built by the emperor Ch'ien-lung 1767-71. A replica was made and exhibited at the Chicago Century of Progress International Exposition..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005547
- Title
- The Chinese Lama Temple Potala of Jehol
- Author
- Montell, Gosta (Preface by Sven Hadin)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAOHIC RESEARCH RELIGION LAMAISM SINO-SWEDISH EXPEDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHAEOLOGY;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...