An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country in the Year 1793
by KIRKPATRICK, Colonel William;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10611
- Title
- An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country in the Year 1793
- Author
- KIRKPATRICK, Colonel William;
- Format/Binding
- Recent black leather, gilt spine title lettering on red and black leather labels, blind-stamp on margin of title and library ink
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, William Miller, 1811, First edition.
- Size
- 4to [29.5 x 23.5 cm]; xx, 386, [
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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