Across Thibet Being A Translation Of "De Paris Au Tonking À Travers Le Tibet Inconnu". 8vo. pp. xiii, 417
by BONVALOT, [Pierre Édouard] Gabriel 1853-1933]
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New York: Cassell Publishing Company, [1892]., 1892. frontis. & numerous text illus. (some full-page) after photographs taken by Prince Henry of Orleans. A nice copy in original black & gilt-stamped cloth (a few spots on rear cover, inner front hinge cracked but binding tight). First American Edition of the English Translation by C.B.Pitman. Apparently some copies have a map, not present here as usual. On his third expedition, 1889-90), Bonvalot became the first European to traversed Asia from north to east, travelling from Siberia to Tonkin. Cordier IS 2436.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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- D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB) (CA)
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- Title
- Across Thibet Being A Translation Of "De Paris Au Tonking À Travers Le Tibet Inconnu". 8vo. pp. xiii, 417
- Author
- BONVALOT, [Pierre Édouard] Gabriel 1853-1933]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Cassell Publishing Company, [1892].
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- FAR-EAST TIBET
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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