Author: Maillart, Ella K.,
Title: Forbidden Journey From Peking to Kashmir.
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit slanted. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with a light bump to one corner. Spine with a hint of sunning. Toning to endpapers. Front hinge has a bit of play. Occasional light foxing to pages and edges. ; Profusely illustrated and with one fold out map in front. Chapters include Peking, Inner China, Sian (sic) , Borodishin, Across the Takla Makan Desert, Sinkiang, Kashgaria, India. Ella Maillard was a Swiss travel writer, who undertook this journey with Peter Fleming, British Travel writer and brother of Ian Fleming, creater of James Bond. The trip went across China to India. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages. Very Good.

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