A Conquest of Tibet
by Hedin, Sven
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: National Travel Club, 1934. First edition. Precedes the trade edition issued by Doubleday. Translated from the Swedish by Julius Lincoln. Published NY: National Travel Club, 1934, first printing. 8vo., 400pp., illustrated with 250 pen and ink sketches by the author, photo endpapers, top edge tinted red. Author's adventues in The Forbidden Land. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover emblem. Mild rub to the spine titles, previous owner inscription on half title. 2 page National Travel Club promo sheet and single page letter to members laid in. Very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008352
- Title
- A Conquest of Tibet
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- National Travel Club
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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