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London: MacMillan & Co, 1933 8vo. original brown cloth gilt, teg, others uncut (occ. spots in text, else clean & bright throughout; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xxiv, 342 + [2 (original pub. advts, last colophon], with colour frontispiece,147 illustrations (inc. panoramas] & a colour folding map. Heavy item (1.8 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. An excellent copy, about fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.
ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China by Stein, Sir Aurel - 1933
by Stein, Sir Aurel
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ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China
by Stein, Sir Aurel
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1933. pp. xxiv, 342, [2 publisher's adverts] 147 illustrations including folding panoramas and tissue-guarded colour plates; folding colour map. Original red-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt vignette to the front board, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Binding very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing, cloth very slightly nicked at head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight, pages and plates clean and crisp, minimally marking, a few unuct edges slightly worn, previous owner's neat gift inscription to the front free end paper, single worm-track to the rear paste-down and affecting just the leaf of adverts and the blank portion of the map, but inoffensive, otherwise unmarked, no annotation. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to (17 x 24cm).
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- Date Published 1933
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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks. Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China
by Stein, Sir Aurel
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ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS. Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China.
by Stein Sir Aurel
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London: Macmillan, 1933. First edition. With a color frontispiece, 147 illustrations, and a folding color map at the rear. Additionally, several fold-out panoramas. 8vo, original sienna cloth gilt lettered and emblematically decorated, t.e.g. xxiv, 342, [2] ads. A handsome, clean and bright copy, very well preserved, tight and strong, minimal aging, one corner a bit bumped. VERY SCARCE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. This book was based on a series of lectures Stein gave at the Lowell Institute in Boston at the request of the president of Harvard University and represents a succinct account of the explorations, antiquarian and geographical, which he undertook throughout his life in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia. While many of Stein’s career travels took him further south, he states that the memories of his years in the areas in “the deserts and mountains of innermost Asia are still as fresh and cherished as before.” Within the pages of this book can be…
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