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HIMALAYAS: Growing Mountains, Living Myths, Migrating Peoples
by Olschak, Blanche Christine; Gansser, Augusto; Gruschke, Andreas (Text)/Buhrer, Emil M. (Concept and Design)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0816019940
- ISBN 13
- 9780816019946
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and Oxford: Facts on File Publications, 1987. 288 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ numerous color photos. Contents very nice.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312WHAS
- Title
- HIMALAYAS: Growing Mountains, Living Myths, Migrating Peoples
- Author
- Olschak, Blanche Christine; Gansser, Augusto; Gruschke, Andreas (Text)/Buhrer, Emil M. (Concept and Design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0816019940
- ISBN 13
- 9780816019946
- Publisher
- Facts on File Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York and Oxford
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL ASIA HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS EXPLORATION TIBET NEPAL NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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