London, UK: Jonathan Cape. Blue/green cloth, gilt title. 317pp. b/w photo plates.; fold-out map. Shelf wear to boards with spine and corners slightly bumped and all edges slightly rubbed. Slight lean to spine. Neat name to ffep. Top edge lightly coloured, lower edge uncut. Slight foxing to leading and lower text block edges; contents lightly foxed throughout but text and plates remain clear. . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Impression. Reissue. 1937.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 114286
Title: A Plant Hunter in Tibet (The Odyssey Library)
Author: Kingdon Ward, F
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Impression
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1937
Pages: 317
Size: 215mm x 155 mm.
Keywords: flora botany geography travel exploration unit fifteen

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...