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Himalayan Barbary Cloth - 1955

by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf

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  • Hardcover
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London: John Murray, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An interesting account of the author's travels with his wife through the Himalayan region, and their anthropological findings. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was an ethnologist and a Professor, who spent the majority of his life studying tribal cultures in India. Illustrated with photographs throughout. First edition. With previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, initialled D.M. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light shelfwear to the boards. Slight chipping to dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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