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Vision and Venture - A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879-1929
by Sackett, F. Colyer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: The Cargate Press. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. [1931]. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's names on front endpaper and title page. Splitting along gutter at front hinge. Joints rubbed. Foxing. Some dampstains along margins of plate leaves. Pencil underlining and marginalia.; [i-iv] 9-255 [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 29 illustrations on 23 plate leaves. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 192 x 133mm. Account of missionary work in Hyderabad, India. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23225
- Title
- Vision and Venture - A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879-1929
- Author
- Sackett, F. Colyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Cargate Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1931]
- Keywords
- India, History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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