WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDERLAND, THE SACRED COUNTRY OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT, RELIGION AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE
by Sherring, Charles A
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward and Arnold. Good+. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth decorated with gilt. (xv) , 376pp. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Photogravure frontispiece. 2 large fold-out color maps ( Western Tibet & Western Tibet and British Borderland. ) 175 partial & full-page b/w illustrations from photographs. A chapter by T. G. Longstaff describing an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata. Front cover has a semi-circle stain; endpapers somewhat tanned. G+ Condition. Asia, Western Tibet; Maps & b/w Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17043
- Title
- WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDERLAND, THE SACRED COUNTRY OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT, RELIGION AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE
- Author
- Sherring, Charles A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward and Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Cloth
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- G+
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- G
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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