Angkor Wat Cambodia Buddhist Temple 1959 pictorial travel guide w/ maps

Angkor Wat Cambodia Buddhist Temple 1959 pictorial travel guide w/ maps

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Asia, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Angkor Wat, Buddhism, Hinduism).

Angkor.
Published 1959, Vietnam by Albeert Portail. Written by H. Parmentier.
148 pages. Text in English. Illustrated throughout. Plans printed inside front & rear covers.

Original pictorial publisher's dust jacket, paper covers, heavily illustrated with b&w photos. Pre-Vietnam war guide to this ancient location.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this scarce guide book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 6 1/2" H x 5" W.

[B12653].