1/2" tear to cloth at head of front joint. 1/8" tear to cloth at tail of spine. Moderate rubbing to cloth at corners of boards. Hinges intact. Some foxing to page edges.; xiv, (152) pages + 15 tipped-in plates (8 colour, the remaining 7 in various monochrome tints). Green cloth boards with gilt ibex illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 243 x 176mm. This copy has an undated contemporary inscription from the author's sister on the front endpaper "With every good wish for your happiness from the sister of the author who was a friend of your father's 35 years ago - Dorothy L. McBurney. Southbourne Amersham Hill High Wycombe". The author died at the age of 24. This volume contains 8 stories: The Scape-Goat; The Emerald of the Forest; The Ibex of Sha-Ping; Mountain Sprites; The Raiders; The Destroyers; Mountain Life at Close Quarters; The Spell of Laluni. "Bear with me, if you can. The stories are true in the main, and 'fact is stranger than fiction'." - from the prologue.; 4to.

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Title

The Ibex of Sha-Ping and other Himalayan Studies

Publisher

Macmillan and Co., London

Publication Date

1915

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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