Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan.
by STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1904. . New cheaper edition. 8vo, xl, 503 pp., frontispiece, large folding map (repair to verso), numerous photographic illustrations, original sienna pictorial cloth gilt, light fade to spine, old ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy.
The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan and excavated the eponymous ruins.
Yakushi S713a.
The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan and excavated the eponymous ruins.
Yakushi S713a.
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- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
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- Title
- Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan.
- Author
- STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Hurst and Blackett, 1904.
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