Jehol City of Emperors
by Hedin, Sven
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc., 1933. xiv, 278 pp. Octavo. Original yellow cloth with gilt bronze lettering. Top edge stained red. Fore edge untrimmed. Original printed decorative dustwrapper. Wrapper has a small piece missing from the bottom and slight wear to the corners otherwise in very nice unfaded condition. Frontispiece. 62 illustrations. 3 line drawings. Sketch map. A very attractive copy. Sven Hedin's travels to study a Lama temple with the idea of erecting an original or replica in both Stockholm and Chicago. 1933
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142899
- Title
- Jehol City of Emperors
- Author
- Hedin, Sven
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Central Asia|Exploration|Hedin
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fore Edge
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...