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Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World
by Zurick, David;Karan, Pradyumna P.;Pacheco, Julsun
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0801861683
- ISBN 13
- 9780801861680
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Small quarto, sunflower yellow cloth covered boards with blood red spine titles. 355 pp. including index, notes and appendices. At once an historical and compelling modern work on the culture, diversity, geology and challenges facing this greatest mountain range in the world. A scientific, geologic and historical look at the changing environment of the mountains and their ecology under the pressures of greater access, climate change and globalization. This copy is as new, with very fresh bright, cloth and strong colored spine titles; tight, fresh, clean and bright interior; unmarked, unblemished and unread, in a very tight, clean, sharp, crisp, unclipped, glossy dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09954
- Title
- Himalaya: Life on the Edge of the World
- Author
- Zurick, David;Karan, Pradyumna P.;Pacheco, Julsun
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801861683
- ISBN 13
- 9780801861680
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- ZURICK, KARAN, MOUNTAINS, NEPAL, TIBET, HIMALAYA, HIMALYANS, GEOLOGY, HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECOLOGICAL, THETHYS, DEGRADATION, SHERPA, GLOBALIZATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CULTURE, PEOPLE, NATIVE, TIBETAN, NEPALESE, FAUNA, SCIENCE, SCIENT
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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