Mountain Panoramas from the Pamirs and Kwen Lun.

£4,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Scarce early Stein item. The photographic panoramas are from the Kwen Lun range south of Khotan, and on the Pamirs were taken on Stein's expedition in Chinese Turkestan (1900/1901). This was Stein's first exploration of Central Asia and this work provides a mass of geographical detail on the region. First edition; folio (34 x 22 cm); 23 panorama photos on 13 sheets, many with two views per page, one folding colour map; publisher's blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, ties lacking as often, a very good copy; x, 36 pp. Yakushi S715.

• Binding: Hardcover

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