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8vo William Heinemann 1904.. 1st edition. 20 plates, 40 text illustrations and photographs, 2 folding maps and 1 folding elevation chart. Maps are marked with library stamp on rear. No other library marks. Rebound in maroon cloth with new endpapers. xxii+238pp. An expedition under the auspices of the Royal Danish Geographical Society to the southern Pamirs, especially the area around Vakan and Garan. He writes a great deal about the lives of the people of the area, their villages, houses, trades, ag... more information

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2 volumes 8vo Macmillan & Company 1906.. 1st edition. Frontispieces, 223 plates, 5 maps (2 folding) and bibliography. Brown cloth with embossed library label on front boards. Old library labels on front pastedowns and blind stamp on each plate and on title pages. xl+724pp & x+855pp. Despite its library background this is a very nice tight clean copy of a monumental work. ... more information

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8vo Claremont, California 1943.. Maroon cloth with dustwrapper vi+52pp. An account of America's position in the Pacific war and the problems peace would bring. Lattimore was serving as the Director of the Pacific Bureau Office of War Information. ... more information

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8vo Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1929.. 2nd US edition. Frontispiece, 31 plates of 39 photographs, 2 maps on endpapers. Black cloth. xv+373pp. This book details the first part of Lattimore's journey from Peking to Leh in 1926. He travels the desert caravan route through Mongolia, the Jao Lu - the winding road, across the Gobi to Chinese Turkistan where he was joined by his wife in Chuguchak. ... more information

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8vo Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1930.. 1st US edition. Frontispiece, 15 plates of 27 photographs, 1 folding map and map on endpapers. Black cloth. xiv+370pp. Following on from his book 'The Desert Road to Turkestan' this charts the rest of the couple's 8 month journey from their meeting at Chuguchak through to Ladakh via Kulja, Kashgar and Yarkand. ... more information

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8vo Constable and Company 1922.. 1st edition. Frontispiece, 31 plates of 41 photographs, 1 sketch map and 1 folding coloured map at rear of volume. Bibliography. Blue cloth gilt.. xvi+404pp. Unopened in places. The history of the colony, its administration, topography, jungles and agricultural land, tribal customs and pacification strategies. Rutter served for 5 years as magistrate and District Officer in the North Borneo Civil Service before the first world war. A beautiful copy of a most interestin... more information

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