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The Geological Evolution of Tibet : Report of the 1985 Royal Society - Academia Sinica Geotraverse of the Qinghai - Xizang Plateau -- FIRST EDITION -- hardcover in dust jacket
by Chang Chengfa, Robert M. Shackleton, John F. Dewey, and Yin Jixiang (editors)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: The Royal Society, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original teal cloth with black lettering spine. The book has clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, probably never used. The original dust jacket is clean with no tears, no soiling, no rubbing, no fading, complete with no loss. The book measures 303mm tall x 210mm, and has 413 pages, many graphs, charts, tables, maps in text, 31 b/w photos on 13 plates, large folding geological map at rear, micro-fiche maps on two film sheets rear pocket. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002724
- Title
- The Geological Evolution of Tibet : Report of the 1985 Royal Society - Academia Sinica Geotraverse of the Qinghai - Xizang Plateau -- FIRST EDITION -- hardcover in dust jacket
- Author
- Chang Chengfa, Robert M. Shackleton, John F. Dewey, and Yin Jixiang (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- tibet, central asia, geology, everest, mt chomolungma
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Central Asia; Miscellaneous;
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Portland, Oregon
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- Fine
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