The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore: Central Asia
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A Ride to Khiva Travels and Adventures in Central Asia.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with light fraying to spine ends. Light bumping to two corners. Hinges have a bit of play. 2 maps in front pocket are worn and torn along folds. Large map in rear pocket with some closed tears. ; This is the adventurous journey of Captain Burnaby and Englishman who went on horseback with the support of only a couple of servants through Russia to the city of Khiva (nowadays Uzbekistan). It was winter and the conditions were rough and life threatening. In addition a war was starting. The Captain was one of the first westerners to be able to cross Turkestan as previous travelers have been stopped before. The Russians asked about his business and thought that Burnaby was sent by the English Government. This book is embellished by a large fold-out map in rear pocket of Turkestan. The front pocket contains two small maps: Map of the Imperial Border of russia with China and Sketch Map with the Advances of Russia in Central Asia. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 403, [4] pages. Very Good-.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 21125
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 225.75 | £UK 190.75 | JP¥ 35206]
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Men Against the Jungle.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight wear to DJ with faded spine; A trek through much of Central Asia at the behest of the United Nations; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 231 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 13505
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.25 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4225]
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Four Faces of Siva the Detective Story of a Vanished Race.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Hardcover. Boards with light wear to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Rear hinge weakening ; SIGNED by author on half-title page ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 373 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 11728
USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.25 | £UK 53.5 | JP¥ 9858]
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Mônche Und Strauchritter Eine Tibetfahrt Auf Schleichwegen.
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1933. Hardcover. Boards a bit sunned. Previous owner's name on half title page. Lightly dampstained at rear and with minor soiling to rear endpaper; Translated from French. An early German edition, printed in gothic letters; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 6473
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.75 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 3521]
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Tibetan Venture in the Country of the Ngolo- Setas, Second Guibaut- Liotard Expedition.
London: John Murray, 1949. Hardcover. Light dampstaining to one corner of boards as well as first and last few pages; 8vo; 206 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 17137
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 5633]
Catalogue: Central Asia
Tibetan Venture in the Country of the Ngolo- Setas, Second Guibaut- Liotard Expedition.
London: John Murray, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards lightly soiled. Light foxing to edges. Small stamps to first few pages. Former DJ-flap with text tipped in on front endpaper. Otherwise internally VG+ with binding tight; 8vo; 206 pages. Very Good-.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 6544
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.25 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4225]
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A Short Walk a Preposterous Adventure.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1959. Hardcover. Moderate wear and chipping to DJ; Author Newby went on a journey through Afghanistan with fellow Brit Hugh Carless. There was a lot of mountaineering involved ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 13555
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2816]
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Between Oxus and Jumna.
London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Light wear to price clipped DJ. ; A journey through northwest India, western Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 1960 ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 13568
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.75 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 3521]
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Samarkand a Guide Book.
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972. Hardcover. Slight wear to DJ. ; All about a jewel of Central Asia. folding map laid in ; B&W and Color Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 185 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 12361
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.25 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4225]
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