Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
by William J. Morden; Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
C6b. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G P Putmans Sons, New York. 1927. Xiv, 415 pgs. Illustrated with 65 photographic illustrations and a Folding Map. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An expedition to collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, this is a great journey through Central Asia. India, the Himalayas, the Pamirs, Thian Shan, Mongolia, Siberia, across the endless steppes to Manchuria, Peking, Kashmir, Kashgaria, the "Celestial Mountains," Kara Shar, Dzungaria, Kobdo. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66564
- Title
- Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
- Author
- William J. Morden; Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- C6b
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