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Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo by Whitehead, John - 1893
by Whitehead, John
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Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
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Whitehead, John "EXPLORATION of MOUNT KINA BALU, North Borneo". London, Gurney and Jackson, 1893 PRESENTATION COPY to "Lionel Upton from John Whitehead 18-7-93". First edition. Folio (360 x 265). 32 Lithographed plates. 11 hand-colored 21 tinted. 21 woodcut illustrations. Text is clean and tight save for some spotting in the first few pages. The plates are in pristine condition. Original pictorial cloth gilt is bright and in very good condition. Top edge gilt. The bottom board has some slight discoloration and the cloth in one corner is slightly wrinkled. Overall condition is VG-Fine.
"Narrative of the author's travels in Borneo, Java, Palawan and Balabac Islands. His three efforts (the last one successful) to ascend Mt. Kina Balu. The greater part of the work comprises detailed observations on the natural history, especially ornithology, of the regions visited". (Zimmerman p. 673). Anker 528, Wood p. 626.
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- Format/Binding Original pictorial gilt cloth
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- Publisher Gurney and Jackson
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1893
- Keywords Kina Balu, Borneo, Mountaineering, ornithology,Java, Balabac, Palawan
- Size 360 x 265mm
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Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
by John 1860-1899 Whitehead
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Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
by John 1860-1899 Whitehead
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- Paperback
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781015103078 / 1015103073
- Quantity Available
- 10
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EXPLORATION OF MOUNT KINA BALU, NORTH BORNEO
by John Whitehead
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Green pictorial clothbound folio [14.25 x 10.5 x 1.5 inches] complete with 32 full-page plates, including the frontispiece, 14 of which are colored, and 18 tinted a sepia / brown & white.All full-page plates listed in the contents are present, as is every woodcut, which are listed separately.
Modest wear, soiling, spotting & discoloration to the covers and spine.
Most of the wear (rubbing, bumping) is on the edges and corners of the covers and spine. Note photos.
The binding remains fully intact and is holding firm, although, like any antigue folio, it should be handled with care and not opened any wider than is necessary to peruse the contents.
There is no writing in the book, and almost no foxing. There are a very few, seemingly random pages that have small, relatively insignificant spots of uncertain origin, and there are some tiny nicks or chips to some (relatively few) page edges. The pages are generally unblemished and even-colored, with very minimal "tanning" (noticeable darkening of the paper… Read More
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