Painted Mountains. Two Expeditions to Kashmir
by Venables, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F-
- ISBN 10
- 0340396083
- ISBN 13
- 9780340396087
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986 F/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper (extremities slightly rubbed); pp. 240 (last blank), with 14 colour photos, 17 black & white illustrations & 9 maps & drawings. A near fine copy. [Neate a44]. Inscribed on title page by Stephen Venables. Winner of the 1986 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004316
- Title
- Painted Mountains. Two Expeditions to Kashmir
- Author
- Venables, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340396083
- ISBN 13
- 9780340396087
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Stephen Venables Painted Mountains Kishtwar Shivling Rimo Karakoram Karakorum Kashmir Himalaya India
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