News From Tartary

First printing. Book has light general wear. Burgundy top page edges. Rough cut bottom page edges. Good- unclipped DJ which is protected in an archival sleeve has sundry tears, four of five areas of loss and a couple of small stains but very little or none of the text has been affected. Every letter is clear and readable. One of… Read more about this item

No jacket. Former price on the fep. Pages unmarked.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Thirty Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. Stated Sixteenth Impression, October 1945. Sienna full-cloth boards, yellow stamped cover script and spine titles, light shelf wear. Front board features the author's name in characters meaning Fu Lei-Ming or 'learned engraver on stone'. Pages near fine; no writing. Sienna top-stain. Features a dozen photos on smooth plates… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape , 1936 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Peter Fleming's illustrated account of his journey from Peking to Kashmir. The first edition, first impression of this work.Peter Fleming was a travel writer, and was the elder brother of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.Peter Fleming's… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. School edition, 2nd impression. 199 pages. White dust jacket over pink cloth and black lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has light edge-wear with closed tears and… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xviii, 287 pp, acknowledgments, preface, list of b&w illustrations, I. Voice; II. Pantomime; III. Gesture and Spectacle; IV. Roles and Repertoire; V. Paradox; bibliography, autography, filmography; index. First Edition, 1972. "The author reconstructs through a study of the actress's films, records, and writings.… Read more about this item

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press [The Marlboro Press/Northwestern], 1999. Reprint edition [Originally published in 1936 by Charles Scribner's Sons]. Trade paperback. Very good. 384 pages. Index. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Peter Fleming OBE DL (31 May 1907 - 18 August 1971) was a British adventurer, journalist, soldier and travel writer. He was the elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1936. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition first impression hardback, 1936, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly rubbed and a touch darkened. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, folding map… Read more about this item

Birlinn Ltd, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. pictorial gloss card covers, a near fine tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, 394pp.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1951 F-/VG. 8vo. original brown cloth (a trifle rubbed, a little sunning at headcap) in dustwrapper priced 12s. 6d. net (a little rubbed and nicked, small chip at head cap, some toning & pen marks on lower panel); pp. 384, with 12 illustrations & a map. A very good copy in the original dustwrapper.. Seventeenth Impression. Hard… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1963. 18th Impression. 384 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Cream boards with black lettering. Rebound by library. Fold out map at back is detached but present. B&W photographs throughout. Moderate brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some pages loose but not detached.… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1936. 384 pages in very good condition. Pages clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Black and white frontispiece entitled "The Roof of the World". Numerous foldouts throughout. Endpapers lightly soiled. Page edges are rough-trimmed on the bottom, lightly darkened and dyed maroon on the top edge. Maroon cloth with gilt text on the front and… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. Second Impression. 197 pages. White dust jacket over pink cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Minimal crushing to spine ends. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1963. 2nd Impression. 197 pages. Cream dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to edges. Wear marks overall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. First edition. Un volume (21 cm) di 384 pagine, con doppia carta geografica ripiegata e 56 illustrazioni in bn fuori testo. Una firma alla pagina bianca. Legatura editoriale rossa con caratteri cinesi al piatto e titolo dorato inglese al dorso. Senza sovracoperta (no dust jacket). Condizioni molto buone.

Abacus, 1994. Soft cover. Fine. 21-16-3. In Very Good Used Condition. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. News From Tartary: A Journey From Peking To Kashmir Is A 1936 Travel Book By Peter Fleming, Describing His Journey Through Time And The Political Situation Of Turkestan. The Book Recounts Fleming's 3,500 Miles Journey From… Read more about this item

Paperback. Good.

Queen Anne Press,, [2010]. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 COPIES. Splendid, expanded reissue of the original edition of 1936, with new Foreword by the author's daughter; the binding matches that of the original Cape edition.

Paperback. Acceptable.