In and Beyond the Himalayas
by Stone, S.J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Book. Illus. by 16 plate illustrations by Charles Whymper. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth with gilt horned goats and rocks on the front cover, unrubbed. The spine is faded with gilt title and some wear at the edges and spine ends. Edge wear mostly at the corners where the cloth is rubbed away on all four corners. Inside, clean and tight. Hunting in Tibet, Kashmir, Ladakh, etc. for the last two decades of the 19th Century. Now protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 078838
- Title
- In and Beyond the Himalayas
- Author
- Stone, S.J
- Illustrator
- 16 plate illustrations by Charles Whymper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Big game, India, ibex, Himalayas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Central Asia;
Terms of Sale
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Any purchase returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt. Sales subject to prior sale.
About the Seller
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 12mo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...