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The Top of the World by Fisher, Welthy Honsinger - 1926

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The Top of the World by Fisher, Welthy Honsinger - 1926

The Top of the World

by Fisher, Welthy Honsinger

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New York: The Abingdon Press [1926], 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [7], 11-12, [2], 15-178 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine, decorations stamped in grey and white on the front board and spine, top edge gilt. Frontispiece plus 31 additional full-page illustrations: photographs of Fisher's travels through India, Nepal and Tibet. Fisher documents the men and women she met in Nepal and Tibet, from rulers of the different communities to village dwellers; the illustrations also depict the architecture of Buddhist temples that Fisher visited, and several views of the land as seen by Fisher from the mountains she climbed. (Syracuse University Magazine: "Pioneering Paths (Fisher)").A fascinating memoir from an early 20th-century American female traveler in a lovely publisher's binding. Gift inscription dated 1927 on the free front endpaper, a few colored-pencil annotations throughout the text.
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  • Publisher The Abingdon Press [1926]
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1926

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The Top of the World

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The Abingdon Press, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. . Minor shelf wear. Pictorial boards are clean and vibrant. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
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THE TOP OF THE WORLD

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The Abingdon Press. Good with no dustjacket. 1926. Hardcover. Ex-library copy in average condition. Overall light wear. No writing or marks in text. ; Illustrated with many photos. ; 8vo; 178 pages .
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TOP OF THE WORLD

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New York/Cincinnati, OH: Abingdon Press, 1926. 178pp. Full green cloth, decorative front cover gilt, white and gray stamped, teg; slightly edge worn, else very good, bright covers. Contents fine. Half-tone plates. Travel in the Himalayas and India. Overview of Buddhist religious life.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Top of the World

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New York: The Abingdon Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 178 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Green cloth hardcover with color illustration of the Himalayan Mountains and gilt stamped title on the front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Light wear to the extremities. 1926 Christmas gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf.
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NY 1926 1st edition Abingdon. Hardcover octavo. Dark Green cloth with grey and white picture of moutains skyline and title in bright gilt. 178p. 32 photo illustrations. VG++ bookstore stamp on front end page; hinges secure and unbroken. Text clean and bright. no DJ. Travel in Himalayas with much on Buddhism. .
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New York, NY: The Abingdon Press. Very Good-. 1926. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish bumping, rubbing and wear. There is some beginning fraying to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has been excised by a previous owner. "Welthy Honsinger Fisher (September 18, 1879 – December 16, 1980) was the American founder of World Education and World Literacy Canada. She was married to Frederick Bohn Fisher, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, missionary, author, and official in Methodist missionary and men's movements. She was an intellectual, activist, and feminist requested by her friend Mohandas Gandhi to begin Literacy House outside of Lucknow, India, at the age of 73. " (from Wikipedia) .
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The Top of the World.

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New York:: The Abingdon Press,, [1926].. First edition.. publisher's pictorial gilt-lettered cloth, t.e.g.. Ink name to front free endpaper; a few smudges to pages; otherwise a bright, near fine copy.. 8vo,. Illustrated from photographs.
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The Top of the World

The Top of the World

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New York: The Abingdon Press, 1926 2021-08-11. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial boards, top edge gilt, frontis., 178 pp.; ill. w. b/w plates. Scattered foxing throughout, contemporary gift inscription on FFEP, corners/edges of head/tail of spine worn, edges foxed. Well packaged, ships with tracking.
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The Top of the World

The Top of the World

by Fisher , Welthy Honsinger

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New York: The Abingdon Press, 1926. Book. Illus. by Author. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st.ed. 1926 , Hardcover with a green cloth boards with pictorial cover and spine, 178 page book. Illustrated with black and white photos.Condition: Very Fine plus , a very nice clean tight copy , lght edge rubs at the bottom and top of the spine. See the picture at: GibbsBooks Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Top of the World

The Top of the World

by Welthy Honsinger Fisher

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