London: George Routledge. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. "University of Otago," prize label to front free endpaper. Spotting to page edges and endpapers. Fading to spine. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some rubbing to corners of boards with 1/8" loss of cloth at top corners of boards. ; x, 383 pages + frontis + plates + folding map at rear. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 224mm x 136mm. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8765
Title: Riddles Of The Gobi Desert
Author: Hedin, Sven
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: George Routledge
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1933

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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.