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A Desert Journal: Letters from Central Asia. SIGNED COPY.
by CABLE, MILDRED: FRENCH, Eveline & Francesca:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Constable & Co. Ltd. 1934 1st edition. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Blue cloth with white lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Some rubbing and handling marks to cover; small dark mark to front, a couple of dents/scratches to rear board. A couple of rubbed patches to cloth on rear spine edge. Corners slightly bumped. Signed on main title page by one of the authors, Mildred Cable (below printed names). Front endpaper inscribed “To Mr & Mrs Neve, in memory of a very happy visit. Jan. 1935.” With additional signature pasted below “Mildred Cable, 4.12.48.” Some mild foxing to title page, and some light foxing to a few inside pages. Plates clean and bright. Map at rear has some mild foxing to edges, and tear to corner. Else a very good signed copy. 261pp. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates and a large folding map at rear.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85764
- Title
- A Desert Journal: Letters from Central Asia. SIGNED COPY.
- Author
- CABLE, MILDRED: FRENCH, Eveline & Francesca:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Constable & Co. Ltd. 1934 1st edition
- Keywords
- FOREIGN TRAVEL::Far East A Desert Journal, Letters from Central Asia, Signed, Mildred Cable, Constable & Co., 1934, 1st, first edition, illustrated, photographs, map, Kashmir, Tibet, Mongolia, Khans, Gobi Desert, China Island Mission, asia
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Cloth
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