Nepal. The Kingdom in the Himalayas
by Hagen, Toni, Friedrich Traugott Wahlen and Walter Robert Corti
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Calcutta: Oxford Book & Stationary Co., 1961 VG/VG. 4to. original cream rexine gilt with design of Buddha on upper board (boards a little spotted & grubby, number in biro to FFE) in dustwrapper (closed tear to head of spine, tape reinforcing, edges rubbed); pp. 118, with 70 plates, 18 text figures & diagrams. Heavy item (1.9 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate H04]. The Indian edition was issued without endpaper maps or the folding relief map, though these are called for in the list of figures. The Swiss edition has a rear pocket for the folding map, which is absent from this edition. Loosely inserted is a 3 page photocopied document entitled 'Executive Report on Nepal' hand dated to May 1967, which contains facts partial views on various aspects of the country, its economy and organisation, intriguing marked 'Confidential'.. First Indian Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003389
- Title
- Nepal. The Kingdom in the Himalayas
- Author
- Hagen, Toni, Friedrich Traugott Wahlen and Walter Robert Corti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Indian Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford Book & Stationary Co.
- Place of Publication
- Calcutta
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Toni Hagen Friedrich Traugott Wahlen Walter Robert Corti Nepal Kingdom Himalaya Asia
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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- VG/VG
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