The Land of the Blue Poppy - Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet
by Ward, F. Kingdon
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge at the University Press, 1913. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 39 plates, five maps (of which three are folding), pp xii, 283, (i), some age-toning and marking throughout, upper corner bumped and bruised throughout, blue-green cloth bumped at the corners, a little marked, the upper cover with a faint crease (which also shows on the front endpaper) and a very faint impression which suggests it might have had a label at one time (possibly a circulating library ? - but there are no other marks), the spine faded, a bit frayed at the head and tail. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014096
- Title
- The Land of the Blue Poppy - Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet
- Author
- Ward, F. Kingdon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge at the University Press
- Date Published
- 1913
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Planthunting;
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