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Himalayan Holiday: A Trans-Himalayan Diary
by Young, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1939, 1st Edition, first printing as stated on verso of title page. Slim 8vo, pp108 complete with fold out map to rear in near fine condition and 17 b/w photographic plates and 2 other maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ in protective sleeve in very good condition with a little wear to extremities and back cover a little grubby. Publishers blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Inside in very good clean condition A very good copy in a scarce DJ.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000492
- Title
- Himalayan Holiday: A Trans-Himalayan Diary
- Author
- Young, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- travel
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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