Ruins of Desert Cathay. Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China

by Sir Marc Aurel Stein

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First edition

First edition. 3 folding colored maps, 8 colored plates each with a printed tissue guard , 339 photographic illustrations on 212 plates 6 folding panoramas . xxxviii, 546, 2 ; xxii, 518, 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's russet cloth, upper cover with embossed design in gilt, minor darkening to spines and very light wear. Custom slipcase. Provenance: Edward W. Bodman bookplate . Ghani p.694; Yakushi 1994 S716. Item #346470

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