Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and Return Journey Over the Karakoram Pass.
by Shaw, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1871 8vo. contemporary half calf gilt with marbled edges & endpapers (gilt library stamps to upper board & tail of backstrip, leather is rubbed, upper hinge starting, some spotting to first and last (blank) pages and sporadically in text, but mostly clean); pp. xvi, 486, with 4 tinted plates, 3 black & white plates, 7 text figures & 2 folding maps (linen backed). Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000612
- Title
- Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and Return Journey Over the Karakoram Pass.
- Author
- Shaw, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Robert Shaw Visits to High Tartary Yarkand Kashgar Himalaya Sinkiang Xinjiang Central Asia Chinese Turkestan Karakoram Karakorum Pakistan
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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