Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c
by Hooker, Joseph Dalton
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1855 2 vols. 8vo. modern half leather gilt, bound without half-titles (a little rubbed, prev. owner's label to verso frontispiece vol. 1, otherwise, clean and bright); pp. iii-xvi, 348, with frontispiece portrait, coloured facsimile of Dhurma Rajah's seal & 41 wood cut illustrations ; iii-xii, 346 (last blank), [2 (pubs. cat.)], with frontispiece & 36 wood cut illustrations. Heavy set (1.35 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate H108: Hooker was the first to make an almost complete circuit of Kangchenjunga in the years 1848-50: a classic of early Himalayan travel and exploration].. New Edition. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013218
- Title
- Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c
- Author
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Joseph Hooker Himalayan Journals Natural History Bengal Sikkim Nepal Himalayas Mountaineering Asia Botany
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