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The Opening of Tibet. An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4: Written, with the Help of All the Principal Persons of the Mission. Introduction by Colonel Younghusband
by Landon, Perceval
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. xv, [1], 484 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on spine. Front hinge cracked. Back hinge broken. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. 1905 gift inscription written top of the half title page. Some pages unopened/uncut.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25232
- Title
- The Opening of Tibet. An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4
- Author
- Landon, Perceval
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
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- Half Title
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- Cracked
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Quarto
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