My Life As an Explorer (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints) by Hedin, Sven Anders - 1991

National Geographic Society, USA, 2003. Softcover. Fine Condition. Book Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. ISBN: 079226987X. ISBN/EAN: 9780792269878..

New York: Kodansha International, 1996. Trade Paperback. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. xviii + 546 pages. Over the course of three decades, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. This epic memoir captures the splendor of now-vanished civilizations, the excitement of unearthing ancient monuments, the chilling terrors of snow-clogged mountain passes, and the parching agony of the desert. A worldwide bestseller in the 1920s, it today introduces a new generation to a man of exceptional daring and accomplishment. The book is illustrated with 160 of Hedin's own drawings.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Adventure Classics, 2003. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A near fine softcover copy which is clean and bright with an uncreased spine. Minor marking to page edges but contents clean and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xx, 450 pp.; b/w illustrations and maps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the National Geographic Adventure Classics - a series of the "100 greatest adventure books of all time", selected for their adrenaline quotient and their status as classics of the adventure genre. "Sven Hedin explored an Asia that no adventurer will see again: Persian kingdoms, lost cities, and vast swathes of white space on the map marked "unknown". This memoir of a lifetime spent filling in those blank spaces is full of high adventure and deft, elegant descriptions of exotic lands and people. One of the greatest explorers of the 19th and… Read More

Garden City, 1925. hardcover. Good. the dust jacket is not included; an ex-Library book in good condition, has usual stamps and stickers on the inside and outside of the book; there is wear and rubbing on the corners and edges;

Washington: National Geographic Adventure Classics, 2003 Copy in illustrated card wraps. Spine lightly creased. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w illustrations.