Secret Tibet
by Maraini, Fosco
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
CA$69.15CA$55.32
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking Press, 1952. Book. VG+. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published November 1952...Black and yellow cloth with red lettering...This copy is VG+...A small crease to the front upper right side corner...minimal wear to the edges and tips...Interior is unmarked, clear, crisp, and tight...In a VG DJ with minor chipping along the edges and modest soiling /rubbing.
Synopsis
Fosco Maraini was born in Florence in 1912. An anthropologist by training, after his first visit to Tibet he was trapped in Japan by the outbreak of war, and taught in the University of Kyoto until interned. In addition to his writing he has been a broadcaster, documentary film-maker, and professor at the University of Florence. From 1959 to 1964 he was Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000324
- Title
- Secret Tibet
- Author
- Maraini, Fosco
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.