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Man and mystery in Asia
de OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand
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London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. xii, 295pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a sketch map to rear endpapers. Original publisher's blind-ruled green cloth, lettered in gilt and black. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to FEP, occasional light spotting. A crisp copy of the first edition of an account of the Polish explorer Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski's (1876-1945) ten years' travels in south-western Siberia and Outer Manchuria to study mineral deposits. Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (1888-1942) British Army officer (killed in action in Burma during the Second World War) and brother of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975), Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition. . First edition. 8vo.
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- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ23780
- Título
- Man and mystery in Asia
- Autor
- OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Edward Arnold & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1924
- Palabras clave
- Exploration, Travel
- Size
- 8vo
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Sobre el vendedor
Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
