Publisher:
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1983. First Edition
Published:
1983
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
8241608384
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Oblong folio, hardcover, near fine in lightly edgeworn purple pictorial dj. This is one of Galen Rowell's best known books. Beautiful photographs and lively writing; Rowell was one who "let the chips fall" where they might. He and his wife Barbara died in an August 2002 plane crash.
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Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket slightly discolored. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet--a realm the Chinese call the "middle kingdom" between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. From the palaces of Lhasa to the pristine strongholds of the snow leopard, the 85 splendid color photographs and compelling narrative map a geography that stretches the bounds of imagination.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 12x10x0; This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet--a realm the Chinese call the "middle kingdom" between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. From the palaces of Lhasa to the pristine strongholds of the snow leopard, the 85 splendid color photographs and compelling narrative map a geography that stretches the bounds of imagination. With previous owner label of M. Durance, who was Maggs Durrance, famous alpine skier and resident of Aspen, Colorado.
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Used-Good. This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet--a realm the Chinese call the 'middle kingdom' between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. From the palaces of Lhasa to the pristine strongholds of the snow leopard, the 85 splendid color photographs and compelling narrative map a geography that stretches the bounds of imagination. 'From the Trade Paperback edition. '
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F in F- jacket. F/F-. Oblong 4to. original purple cloth gilt in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher. spine a trifle sunned); pp. xvi, 192 (last blank), with numerous illustrations. A fine copy. [Neate R84]. Although unmarked, this copy comes from the library of bushwalking guide writer, John Siseman.