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Siberia's Untouched Treasure
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] C. G. Fairfax Channing
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light shelfwear; scattered foxing to endleaves; minor interior toning; jacket sun-darkened; rubbed and lightly torn. Very good.
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Light shelfwear; scattered foxing to endleaves; minor interior toning; jacket sun-darkened; rubbed and lightly torn. Very good. LMM-167.
C. G. Fairfax Channing. Siberia's Untouched Treasure: Its future Role in the World. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition.
Octavo. 475pp (indexed). Some pages remain unopened. With 82 illustrations and 15 maps. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, original unclipped dust jacket.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167
- Title
- Siberia's Untouched Treasure
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] C. G. Fairfax Channing
- Book Condition
- Used - Light shelfwear; scattered foxing to endleaves; minor interior toning; jacket sun-darkened; rubbed and lightly torn. Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Travel, Russia
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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