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A Yak for Christmas : The Story of a Himalayan Holiday
de Hillary, Louise
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Librería
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of this title. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy signed by Edmund Hillary and Peter Hillary on the title page (the author's husband and son). "Ed Hillary" signature in black ink and "Peter Hillary" signature in blue ink. 208 pages + 25 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. "After Sir Edmund Hillary and his expedition had completed a new hospital in the Sherpa village of Khunde near Mount Everest, his wife, Louise, and their three hildren (Peter, 11, Sarah, 10, and Belinda, 7) came to meet him in a high Himalayan valley." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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- Librería
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 25222
- Título
- A Yak for Christmas : The Story of a Himalayan Holiday
- Autor
- Hillary, Louise
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- (1968)
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Sobre el vendedor
Renaissance Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
Sobre 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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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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