Search Results: central asia and tibet towards the by hedin sven

Kathmandu Nepal: Tiwari's Pilgrims Book House, 1991. Dust jackets bright and colourful, shelfwear to corners and spine ends, closed tear to the corner of front cover (Volume II) 1.5 cms, head of spine chipped (Volume II), bright blue boards lightly rubbed in places, frontispiece Volume I - image of Sven Hedin, frontispiece Volume II - image of Lord Curzon, 1902, with 420 illustrations from drawings and photographs, 8 full-page coloured illustrations from paintings and 4 maps, folded maps in very good condition, pp bright, unmarked, binding sound.. Cloth Covered Boards. Good/Good Minus. 8vo.

Hurst and Blackett, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 608 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in leather with marbled paper covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates. Volume I. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpaper. Binding is noticeable loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild fraying, tanning and scuffing overall. Moderate staining to rear board. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 664 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound in leather with cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges. Page 663-664 noticeably tape repaired and damaged; text unaffected. Binding is quite loose but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with minor tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-06-13. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. First Greenwood Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spines. Spines show very light sunning and extremely minor wear to the head/tail edges. Text blocks have slight foxing to the edges. Frontispiece to each volume. First Greenwood reprint. Originally published in 1903 by Hurst and Blackett Ltd. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. CONTENTS: Vol. One, x, xii, xvii, xviii, xix, 608 pages -- Vol. Two, viii, xiv, xv, 664 pages Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1374949. FP New Rockville Stock.

Kathmandu: Tiwari's Pilgrims Book House, 1991 F-/F. 2 vols. 8vo. original turquoise boards (a few marks) in dustwrapper; pp. xx (last blank), 608, with 3 folding maps & numerous illustrations; xvi (last blank), 664, with 1 folding map & numerous illustrations. Heavy set (2.2kgs), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine set.. Facsimile. Hard Cover. F-/F.

New York Greenwood Press, 1969, hardcover. Reprint edition of the 1903 original. With over 400 photos and drawings, 5 maps-- the color plates are here printed in black-and-white. -- Hardcover, 608+664 pages, 2 volumes. Condition: near fine, no jackets as issued.

Kathmandu: White Lotus, 1991. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.90. Central Asia and Tibet Vol. 1-2: Towards the Holy City of Lhasa

Hurst and Blackett, Limited and New York: Charles Scribners Sons, London,. Very Good+. 1903. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Burgundy cloth cover with gilt embossed decor has light fraying to corners and spine caps and scuffing but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographic images and 3 folding maps. Rear large map is fragile with tears and additional creases. .

London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1903. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Fair. red cloth, gilt lettering and design, no dust jacket, two volumes, vol. one 608 pp + maps vol. two 663 pp + maps spines are worn, soiled and sunned covers are worn and loose corners are bumped library marks on on both pastedowns Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

New York: Greenwood Press. Fine copies (issued without dust jackets). 1969. 1st thus. hardcover. 8vo, 608, 664 pp., With photographs and fold-out maps .

Hurst and Blackett, 1903-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. First American edition. xvii, 608, xiv, 664 pp, 420 illustrations, 8 full-page colored illustrations, and 5 maps. Modern 3/4 red leather, gilt ruled over original boards. Top edge gilt. Dampstaining spots to Vol. II front board. <br> Hedin journeyed over 6000 miles across the heart of Asia in 1899-1902. He traveled through the Tarim Basin, Tibet and Kashmir to Calcutta and navigated the Yarkand, Tarim and Kaidu rivers. Hedin's classic account touched upon the scientific, cultural, and religious features of one of the still unrecorded regions of Asia. Yakushi H100b. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Sven Hedin. The richly illustrated first edition of Swedish explorer Sven Hedin's account of his journeys in Central Asia. The two volume first edition of this work.Illustrated with four folding maps on three sheets to volume I, and one folding map to volume II. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume, eight colour plates across the two volumes, and with four-hundred and five further full page and vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.A prominent Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator, Sven Hedin travelled over six thousand miles through Asia between 1899 and 1902. This account of the journey discusses the scientific, cultural, and religious features of one of the areas encountered.With the stamp 'Disposed of by the Royal Institution' to the half title of volume I, and the title page of volume II.An attractive example of this informative study. In the publisher's… Read More

Hurst and Blackett. Used - Very Good. 1903. 2 volumes. 8vo, 608; 664 pp., illustrated with plates, figures, and two fold-out maps. Gilt titled and illustrated cloth covered boards. Some edge-wear to cloth; bindings a little shaken. Still quite sound. (Subject: Central Asia.)

Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., 1903. 1st edition. Nice set. large octavo. hardbacks in original cloth xvii + 608, xii + 508, xiv + 664pp., frontis.(2), colour & b/w plates, text ills., folding colour maps, index, ÔThis edition is issued for circulation in Australia only.Õ George Robertson & Co. on title-page & on spine. Neat ownership signature & light spotting to prelims o/w a very nice bright set in red cloth boards with minimal wear & a little dulled at spines. PHOTO available. Scarce

London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited and New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1903. First Edition. 5 folding maps on 4 sheets, frontispiece portraits, plates (some in color), in-text illustrations. xvii, [3], 608 pp.; xiv, [2], 664 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's burgundy cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Generally a bit rubbed and worn with minor loss to extremities, occasional foxing and toning throughout, toned folding maps with some fraying edges and short marginal tears not affecting images. First Edition. 5 folding maps on 4 sheets, frontispiece portraits, plates (some in color), in-text illustrations. xvii, [3], 608 pp.; xiv, [2], 664 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Yakushi H100b

London, , 1903. . 2 vols. 24,5x17 cm. . Hurst and Blackett, I: Frontis (retrato del autor), XVII páginas, 1 hoja, 608 páginas, 4 mapas desplegables litografiados a color ("Map of Tibet and East Turkestan", "Map of Tarim River and the Takla-makan Desert", "Map of Eastern Tibet" [junto con] "Original Map of the Tarim River"). II: Frontis (retrato de Lord Curzon of Kedleston), XIV páginas, 1 hoja, 664 páginas, 1 mapa desplegable ("Map of Central Tibet"). Ilustrado con más de 400 fotografias de vistas, costumbres, trabajos, piezas de arqueologia, etc., dentro de texto, 8 láminas de reproducciones de pinturas a plena página y fuera de texto. Encuadernación original de la época en tela roja estampada en dorados en plano y lomo, protegidos por sobrecamisa de plástico. Ex libris pegado a las hojas de guarda, corte superior dorado. Buen estado de conservación. First edition. Primera edición. Sven Anders Hedin (Estocolmo, 19 de febrero de 1865 - 26 de noviembre de 1952) fue un explorador,… Read More

London 1903, Hurst. Blue cloth, very good, head & tail of spine worn,covers soiled,bit dusty & faded,8 color, 387 b.w. photos 5 color fold-out maps, 608+664p., 2 vol. set, 17 x 25 cm. FIRST EDITION EXCEPTIONALLY RARE . *** **** *** . . AN EARLY VISIT TO TIBET & LASSA BY A FOREIGNER . . .SUPERB PRIMARY RESOURCE COVERING THE WHOLE TRIP ON FOOT . . . LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR & B.W. PHOTOS . . * An important primary source. Covering the discovery trek beginning in Stockholm to Kashgar, floating down the lonely Tarim, through the desert, across the Takla-Makan desert, a land of perpetual twilight, Lop-Nor and its sister lakes, a reedy desert wilderness, Northern Tibet, mountains, lakes, quagmires at high altitudes. . Across the Gobi, mountain defiles and waterless desert ruined towns of Lou-Lan, a vanished country, survey of the Lop desert, a wandering lake across Tibet from North to South, travelling amongst clouds, a Dash for Lhasa a forbidden land of the Holy Books, across Tibet to… Read More