Thomas Dunscombe (2 results)
- Hardcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1792 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 49 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 49.
More imagesPublished by London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1928, 1928
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 825.00
£ 22.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition, in the dust jacket. Departing from London, the authors travelled to Dresden and Warsaw and down to Bucharest, before returning through southern Europe. In total, they journeyed over 6,300 miles. Etherton (1879-1963) was a British army officer and, in the opinion of Peter Hopkirk, "a formidable individual" (p. 99).… Prior to the expedition, he served as the British Consul-General in Chinese Turkestan and a judge of Britain's supreme court in China. His co-traveller (1882-1969) directed the touring departments of the Automobile Association. Peter Hopkirk, Setting the East Ablaze: On Secret Service in Bolshevik Asia, 2001. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece, 31 half-tone plates. Original green cloth remainder or secondary binding, spine lettered in black, front board panelled in blind, map endpapers. With dust jacket. Cloth clean, edges spotted; jacket flaps without price as issued, nicks and chipping, area of toning: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
