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The Silk Road.
by HEDIN, SVEN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
New York.: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.. First Edition.. [1938]. Folding coloured map of Sven Hedin's motor car expedition across Asia 1935-1935. viii + 322pp. Original yellow cloth covered boards, lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine, top edge stained blue as issued. Cloth slightly toned at the edges and head & tale of spine, endpapers and edges a little spotted, text block is tight and the images are clean and bright, faint toning to the top margin of the map but still crisp. In the original dustwrapper, chipped with loss mainly to the head & tail of spine, now protected. 23 x 14cm. "The author was sent by the Chinese Government in 1933 to examine and report on the roads between China and her most westerly province, Sinkiang, in order that regular motor communication might be established. He and his comrades spent some fifteen months on their task and went through perilous adventures." (Publisher's blurb)
A much sought after title in the first edition. .
A much sought after title in the first edition. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215630
- Title
- The Silk Road.
- Author
- HEDIN, SVEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- [1938]
- Keywords
- Central Asia, China, Silk Road, Sweden, Travel, Travel Writing, Xinjiang, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
Terms of Sale
Asia Bookroom
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
Biblio member since 2010
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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