Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan
by Schmidt, Jeremy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0898862620
- ISBN 13
- 9780898862621
- Seller
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1991. First Edition. Near FIne/Fine. Very clean blue boards with blue faux leather spine, bright gold lettering on spine. Light bump to one corner tip. No other wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers are illustrated with maps; no names, writing or marks. 302 pgs. Illustrated with beautiful full color photographs by Patrick Morrow. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Winner of the first Barbara Savage "Miles From Nowhere" Memorial Award. "In the Himalaya, you can never be sure of getting where you want to be, whether in body or spirit. The mountains are full of surprises and politics and changes of plan, but then, that's the essence of travel. If you knew everything about a place before getting there, why woudl you go?" - from the introduction 8vo. Mountaineering..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013376
- Title
- Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan
- Author
- Schmidt, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0898862620
- ISBN 13
- 9780898862621
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS DESCRIPTION TRAVEL ASIA MOUNTAIN CLIMBING MOUNTAINEERING BARBARA SAVAGE AWARD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; China; India;
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