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Central Asia; Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet and Central Asia, compiled and arranged by Bayard Taylor by Taylor, Bayard, compiler - 1883
by Taylor, Bayard, compiler
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Central Asia; Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet and Central Asia, compiled and arranged by Bayard Taylor
by Taylor, Bayard, compiler
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Hardcover. 365p., illustrations as called for (well-struck woodengravings, well-preserved), later printing of the 1881 original, green cloth boards heavily decorated in black and gilt. Ex library copy in clean sound shape, quite presentable; faintest trace of a removed spine label, engraved bookplate on pastedown, a few inked numerals in preliminaries, check-out pocket and record unaltered in back. On ffep a nice little period bookseller's fiche (Estes & Lauriat, Boston). A pretty book in pretty good condition.
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- Date Published 1883
- Keywords Nineteenth century Gay Studies Travel Asia Desert
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Central Asia, Travels In Cashmere, Little Thibet And Central Asia
by Taylor, Bayard (Compiler); Stevens, Thomas (Revisor)
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Central Asia; Travels in Cashmere, Little Thibet and Central Asia
by Taylor, Bayard (Compiler and Arranger), and Stevens, Thomas (Reviser)
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Revised Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. vi, [2], 294, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Stamp of previous owner's/private library on fep. From the collection of Dr. J. E. Gross!!! Hinges have some weakness. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is one of the Illustrated Library of Travel. This may be the preferred edition. Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 - December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. In 1848, Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, hired Taylor and sent him to California to report on the gold rush. He returned by way of Mexico and published a two-volume collection of travel essays, El Dorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (1850). Within two weeks of release, the books sold 10,000 copies in the U.S. and 30,000 in Great Britain. In 1849, Taylor won a popular competition sponsored by P. T. Barnum to write…
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