The Real Siberia Together with an Account of a Dash through Manchuria
by Fraser, John Foster
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. 2 plates detached. Staining to lower page edges. Fraying and tears to cloth at ends of spine.; "Cassell's Colonial Library" edition. July 1903 reprint. xvi, 279, [1] pages + frontispiece + map + 86 illustrations on 47 plate leaves + 16 pages advertisements. Red cloth boards. Blind-stamped design on front board. Page dimensions: 187 x 125mm.; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6197
- Title
- The Real Siberia Together with an Account of a Dash through Manchuria
- Author
- Fraser, John Foster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Siberia Manchuria Ural Mountains Mongolia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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