Nepal (Two Volumes)
by Landon, Perceval
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Constable. 1928. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Good Condition. Boards are edgeworn with some fading to spine and minor marking; corners rubbed and a little bumped.. Sympathetic new endpapers to both volumes. Gilt to top edges. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Volume I has two large fold-out maps and three fold-out genealogies. There are some minor splits to the folds on one of the genealogies and one map has been professionally repaired where it is attached to spine. Volume II has two fold-out maps to rear. Volume I has thirteen appendices and Volume II has twenty-five appendices. xxiii, 358pp; viii, 330pp. A history and exploration of Nepal. Published posthumously. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB312272
- Title
- Nepal (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Landon, Perceval
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- history-asia;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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