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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
Lot Closed
May 27, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[INDIA AND TIBET] — T[HOMAS] T[HORNVILLE] COOPER
The Mishmee Hills. An Account of a Journey Made in an Attempt to Penetrate Thibet from Assam to Open Up New Routes for Commerce. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873
8vo. Folding lithographed map, 4 tinted lithographed plates; scattered spotting. Publisher's red cloth, boards decoratively stamped in black, gilt, and blind, flat spine pictorially stamped in black and gilt-lettered; rebacked with original spine laid down, corners bumped with some fraying, spine sunned, minor soiling.
First edition. A rare work with only three other copies having ever been offered at auction.
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Yakushi C344