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Through The Heart Of Asia. Over the Pamir To India -- 1889 FIRST UK EDITION
by Bonvalot, Gabriel
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Albert Pepin. 1889 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original dark green cloth, white and green illustration framed in gilt front cover of each volume, gilt lettering spine with end rules, debossed rules front covers colored in black, debossed publisher emblem rear of each cover, original green coated EPs. Better condition that what is usually found for this book. Clean covers, rubbing tips of corners, bright cover illustrations, foxing on first and last few pages otherwise little or no foxing on pages, foxing on the color folding map at rear but no tears or splits, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid bindings. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003115
- Title
- Through The Heart Of Asia. Over the Pamir To India -- 1889 FIRST UK EDITION
- Author
- Bonvalot, Gabriel
- Illustrator
- Albert Pepin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Chitral, Samarkand, Wakhan, Oxus, Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Central Asia;
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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