Riddles of the Gobi Desert
by Hedin, Sven (1865-1952)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original publisher's red cloth. Spine sunned, Very Goodendpapers browned, bookplates to front pastedown of William Nicholas Beac
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1933. First edition. Maps and 24 plates. x, 382pp. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches). Original publisher's red cloth. Spine sunned, Very Goodendpapers browned, bookplates to front pastedown of William Nicholas Beach and Samuel B. Webb. First edition. Maps and 24 plates. x, 382pp. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches). A sequel to æAcross the Gobi Desert",with tales of Inner Mongolia, including a motor-car tour through the country, a journey to Etsin-gol, and reports by Norin, Ambolt, Bergman, Hummel, Haslund, and Horner on work in progress. Hedin also reports on the visit of the Tashi Lama to Mongolia. Yakushi H115c
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317034
- Title
- Riddles of the Gobi Desert
- Author
- Hedin, Sven (1865-1952)
- Format/Binding
- Maps and 24 plates. x, 382pp. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches)
- Book Condition
- Used - Original publisher's red cloth. Spine sunned, Very Goodendpapers browned, bookplates to front pastedown of William Nicholas Beac
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Central Asia
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