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The Indian Alps and How we Crossed Them Being a Narrative of Two Years Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior
by A Lady Pioneer [Mazuchelli, Elizabeth Sarah]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Gree, and Co, 1876. Book measures 27x20.cm. Collation, xiii,[3],612pp, folding map, 10 coloured plates. Bound in original publishers green gilt decorative cloth. At some time, the binding has been repaired, rebacked, retaining most of the original spine. Cloth heavily worn, with wear loss on edges, corners, text block is sitting near flush with boards at top edge. Internally, City Liberal Club bookplate, stamp on verso of title page, another stamp on bottom margin of last page. Heavy offsetting on pages befor and after plates, otherwise pages and plates in good clean condition. A bertter than working copy. . Cloth. Good Plus. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013881
- Title
- The Indian Alps and How we Crossed Them Being a Narrative of Two Years Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior
- Author
- A Lady Pioneer [Mazuchelli, Elizabeth Sarah]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Publisher
- Longmans, Gree, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Indian Alps
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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