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CARRUTHERS, DOUGLAS Beyond the Caspian; A Naturalist in Central Asia
Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd, 1949. First edition. 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xx, 290 pp, 6 color plates from paintings including frontis, other plates from photos, illus from drwg, foldout colored map, bibliog, index. orig cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, clean and fine copy in the remains of a dust jacket (chipped, large piece missing from front panel, but not price clipped). ¶ The author, gold medallist of the Royal Geographical society, explorer, naturalist, describes his travels and hunting over several years in the deserts and mountains of Russian Central Asia with much on the animals and birds of the region, some of which he found were new to science. He describes Bukhara, Samarkand, the inhabitants of ancient Farghana, the Pamirs, the Oxus, High Tartary, etc.
Offered for US$ 144.00 by: Horizon Books - Book number: N9539
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