The Top of the World
by Fisher, Welthy Honsinger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Abingdon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 178 pages + frontis + 31 plates. Green cloth covers with snowy mountains illustration on spine and front board. No signatures. Contents: Foreword; The Plains of India; I Meet the Prime Minister of Tibet; The Lure of the Eternal Snows; The Retinue Leaves the Eyrie; Something New in Hotels; In God's Garden; "Saheb, the Heavens are Speaking"; Four Days in the Clouds; The Greatest View in the World; From the Heights of God to the Valleys of Men; Glossary. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003742
- Title
- The Top of the World
- Author
- Fisher, Welthy Honsinger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
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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