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CHINESE CENTRAL ASIA: An Account of Travels in Northern Kashmir and Chinese Turkestan
by Skrine, C.P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195838432
- ISBN 13
- 9780195838435
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Reprint of the 1926 first edition, with an introduction by Alastair Lamb. Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine (1888=1974) was British Consul-General at Kashgar during the early 1920s. With his wife, he made a journey into the largely unknown valleys of the Kungar Alps in Chinese Turkestan, during which he mapped, photographed, and surveyed the country. Color frontispiece, with numerous plates (some folding) and a color folding map. 306 p. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some mild edgewear; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72694
- Title
- CHINESE CENTRAL ASIA: An Account of Travels in Northern Kashmir and Chinese Turkestan
- Author
- Skrine, C.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0195838432
- ISBN 13
- 9780195838435
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Asia, Travel, Kashmir, Chinese Turkestan
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
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