From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by SETH, Vikram
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1983. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); goldenrod paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],178,[2]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Subtle tanning to text edges, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net), with some trivial external wear; very Near Fine. The Indian author's first regularly published book, preceded by two small books of poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60587
- Title
- From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
- Author
- SETH, Vikram
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...