The Desert Road to Turkestan by Lattimore, Owen - 1929

Kodansha, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kodansha America, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Little, Brown and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 373 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Annotations to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Staining overall.

Little, Brown, and Company, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Scattered pencil underlining/marginalia. Tear to Appendix page. Small closed tear at head of spine. Maps on lining papers. Ships daily.

THE DESERT ROAD TO TURKESTAN - Owen Lattimore - Methuen, London, 1928, 1st UK edn., 330 pages, hardback in original brown/orange cloth, ex-lib with usual lib markings & one end paper map torn - numerous B&W plates - An exciting overland journey with camel caravans from Peking to India through desolate Mongolia and on into Central Asia. Lattimore was America's foremost expert & prolific author on China, Mongolia and Central Asia who was persecuted in USA during the McCarthy era....a scarce book in any condition . Priced accordingly THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. second printing. Hardcover. Very good +. 6 x 9 in. xv, 373 pp. Black cloth boards with chrome yellow titles and yellow upper text edge. Photo frontis and plates. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; bordering on Near FINE - covers very clean with mild wear to corners and spine ends, titles on cover and spine exceptonally bright and crisp. Binding tight. Map endpapers, text and plates all spotless. Trav. RGR.

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. Spine cloth worn on spine ends & corners, a few spots; firm binding, no jacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929 2020-07-02. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Ed., 1929, Illustrated in B/W, Hardcover, 8vo., 373.. Firm binding, no ownership markings, light bumping to head/tail of spine, light scuffing to cover boards and corners. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.