Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary (in Dustjacket)
by Nicholas Roerich
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very sharp copy of the March 14, 1929 second printing before publication (actually preceding the March 25th 1st printing by 11 days). IN A NICE EXAMPLE OF THE UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine (with bright, completely unflecked gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the panel top-edges and light soiling to the rear panel. Thick octavo, 407 pgs., including 20 reproductions from paintings by the author himself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12053
- Title
- Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary (in Dustjacket)
- Author
- Nicholas Roerich
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- rare travel literature, rare Nicholas Roerich, rare Himalayan expeditions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...