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ref. 122934London Macmillan 1940. . First edition; 8vo 24 x 17.5 cm; coloured folding map in pocket at rear 112 photographic illustrations 31 plates of antiquities at end 25 plans and 7 maps discreet previous ownership inscription to front endpaper; publisher's original cloth gilt medallion to upper board gilt lettering to spine a fine copy; xxviii 432 pp. One of the scarcer Stein titles presumably due to its wartime publication. This is the record of Stein's travels between 1932 and 1936 through Southern and Western Iran from the extreme south-east of Baluchistan to the Persian frontiers with Iraq and Turkey in the hills of Kurdistan. London, Macmillan, 1940. hardcover
1933ref. H7RBM33W6TKBLondon 1933. Large 8vo. MacMillan and co. Original publisher's terracotta cloth title in gold on spine and Stein's gold-tooled and blind-stamped emblem of Athena on the front board. With a coloured frontispiece a coloured map and 147 photographic illustrations of among others documents art and views some folding. xxiv 342 2 pp. First edition of the account of the three very important explorations by the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Steins 1862-1943 and of his researches carried out in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia in 1900-1901 1906-1908 and 1913-1914. Stein travelled through Pamirs Khotan and Niya to Dunhuang Suchou Turfan and Kashgar to Samaskand and the northern and southern silk roads. In the present work he describes his archeological and topographical discoveries by showing artefacts like documents art objects and describing buildings and landscapes all illustrated with the photographic illustrations showing the eastern and western influences. Highly interesting summary of this important archeological expedition to Chinese Turkistan and its adjacent areas.With the bookplate of Louise Maxwell Scott on the front paste-down and another owner's inscription dated March 1991 and the bookplate of A. Constable Maxwell on the first free endpaper. Untrimmed in very good condition. ABE CAT Art History ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA EXPLORATION & TRAVEL TRAVEL & VOYAGES Archaeology Art & Art History China Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia ZZ Central & West Asia hardcover
1933ref. 21194London: Macmillan 1933. First edition. With a color frontispiece 147 illustrations and a folding color map at the rear. Additionally several fold-out panoramas. 8vo original sienna cloth gilt lettered and emblematically decorated t.e.g. xxiv 342 2 ads. A handsome clean and bright copy very well preserved tight and strong minimal aging one corner a bit bumped. VERY SCARCE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. This book was based on a series of lectures Stein gave at the Lowell Institute in Boston at the request of the president of Harvard University and represents a succinct account of the explorations antiquarian and geographical which he undertook throughout his life in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia. While many of Stein’s career travels took him further south he states that the memories of his years in the areas in “the deserts and mountains of innermost Asia are still as fresh and cherished as before.” Within the pages of this book can be found the accounts of sojourns across the Hindukush to the Pamirs and K’un-Lun ventures into the cave-shrines of the Thousand Buddhas and explorations in the Nan-Shan Ranges all told in Stein’s knowledgeable and eloquent style. A cornerstone of Asian travel literature and scarce in such well preserved condition. Macmillan hardcover
ref. 86117102London 1933 MacMillan. 3/4 Leather over marbled boards 9 panoramic views 20 color plates123 b.w. photos fold-out map 342p. index very good copy. FIRST EDITION A succinct account of his explorations antiquarian and geo- graphical account in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia. Strenuous and hard travel were his daily path which led the author to places no white man traversed. His archaeological work into the Pamirs K'un-lun sand- buried sites Niya Miran Lou-lan cave shrines of the Thousand Buddhas at Dunhuang &c. These early important finds set off a sensation throughout the scholarly world and were the reason for subsequent research expeditions. A valuable important primary source. He was the last of the great geographers of uncharted areas. Stein 1862 to 1943. The First Edition was issued in brown cloth with gold stamping on the spine and covers with top edges in gilt 17 x 24 cm. . unknown
1920ref. 72460Oxford: Clarendon Press 1920. First edition 3 volumes in 1 folio pp. 6 143 1; viii 155-266 vi 2 267-379 3; text in English with Prakrit text transliterated and with English supporting text; 13 gravure plates of facsimiles plus a final plate of Kharosthi letters and numerals; contemporary quarter black pebble-grain morocco likely a German binding smooth gilt-paneled spine laid out in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; some scuffing and wear small cracks starting at the top and bottom of the upper joint otherwise a very good sound and clean copy. With a dozen or so typed and manuscript erudite notes in German laid in. Volume I: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya site 1901; volume II: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya Endere and Lou-lan sites 1906-7; and volume III: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya and Lou-lan sites 1913-14. Also with a complete index verborum. Erdelyi 2.08. Clarendon Press unknown
1946ref. 1490Bucaresti: Colectia Orizont 1946. First edition. Limited numbered 1/290. Stamp on the first leaf Servicu de presa. In publisher’s typographical wrappers printed in red and black. Paper yellowed due to aging. Wrappers artistically restored. Overall in fine condition. Illustrated with six full-page linocuts. Illustrated with six full-page linocuts. First edition. Limited numbered 1/290. Stamp on the first leaf Servicu de presa. In publisher’s typographical wrappers printed in red and black. Six striking linocuts by the Romanian expressionist artist a survivor of the Holocaust Aurel Marculescu 1900–1947. Each image is titled on the opposite page in Romanian: Ghetto Talmudist Singer of Sadness Menachem Mendel After Preyer and Sukkot. The preface was written by Scarlat Callimachi 1896–1975 the leftist futurist poet. Colectia Orizont unknown
1897ref. 1236Budapest: Franklin-Társulat nyomdája 1897. First separate edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Stein. Offprint of Budapesti Szemle Vol. XCI. In publisher’s wrappers. Artistically restored. In very good condition. First separate edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Stein. Offprint of Budapesti Szemle Vol. XCI. In publisher’s wrappers. 27 1 p. Stein’s inaugural lecture at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in August 1897 inscribed to his cousin in the Upper Bavarian spa town Bad Reichenhall. Stein was elected as an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1895 while he was working at the Punjab University in Lahore thus he held his inaugural lecture only two years later on his visit to Europe. It has been published subsequently in “Budapesti Szemle” and also as an offprint. The English translation only appeared in 1905 in the “Indian Antiquary” Bombay Bombay Education Society's Press. Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . Franklin-Társulat nyomdája unknown
1913ref. 1244Budapest: Kiadja a Magyar tudományos Akadémia 1913. First edition. Inscribed by Stein. With the photographic portrait of Duka on frontispiece. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Spine damaged cover chipped. Paper is wavy at lower edge. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Inscribed by Stein. With the photographic portrait of Duka on frontispiece. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 1 photographic frontispiece 33 1 p. Inscribed first edition of Stein’s commemorate speech for Theodor Duka. Theodor or Tivadar Duka 1925–1908 was a Hungarian-born English philologist and physician lived in India and served as Surgeon Colonel of the Indian Army known as the biographer of Sándor Csoma de Kőrös Alexander Csoma de Körös the author of the first Tibetan-English dictionary and grammar book. The English translation of the booklet was privately published in 1914 in Oxford under the title “In memoriam Theodore Duka". Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . Kiadja a Magyar tudományos Akadémia unknown
1926ref. 1237Dresden: S.n. 1926. First separate edition. Presentation copy. Offprint edition. Unbound as published. Artistically restored. In fine condition. First separate edition. Presentation copy. Offprint edition. Unbound as published. 61–71 1 p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s paper on Alexander the Great’s campaign on the Indian North-West frontier. The rewritten English version was published a year later in the “The Geographical Journal”. Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . [S.n.] unknown
1896ref. 1238Wien: In commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn 1896. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on a front cover. Text in English. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Cover slightly dusted chipped at edges. Water stain to lower tear to upper edge of rear cover. Inside clean. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on a front cover. Text in English. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 32 p. Inscribed copy of the first edition of Stein’s report on the recently discovered travelogue of the Chinese pilgrim Ou-k’ong Wukong; ca. 730–790 focusing on the history of Kashmir. Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . In commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn unknown
1928ref. ABE-1668510962179Oxford: At The Clarendon Press 1928 1928 First edition. Folio 3426.5cm wt:3.6kg xiip.549-1159 217 illustrations 289-505. VOLUME II ONLY of the 4-volume set. Re-spined with later full leather original boards bottom white blank margin of the title page neatly cut off 4cm where previous owner's name was and now repaired otherwise a very good hardcover with clean pages and firm binding. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. More photos available upon request. Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1928 hardcover
ref. 1235Budapest: 1885 Franklin-Társulat Könyvnyomdája. First separate edition. Offprint with separate pagination pp. 1–19. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Wrappers dusted inside clean. Overall in fine condition. First separate edition. Offprint with separate pagination pp. 1–19. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 1–19 1 p. Extremely scarce first separate edition of Stein’s first publication his paper on Persian religious literature. Written while he studied in Britain on a Hungarian scholarship at the Trinity College in Cambridge. Originally published in Budapesti Szemle Vol. 44. no. 108 pp. 365–383 Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. Extremely scarce. WorldCat locates only one copy in Israel. . 1885 unknown
1928ref. ABE-1668511447914Oxford: At The Clarendon Press 1928 1928 First edition. Folio 3426.5cm wt:3.6kg xii 137 platesI-CXXXVII 59 plans. VOLUME III ONLY of the 4-volume set. Re-spined with later full leather original boards bottom white blank margin of the title page neatly cut off 4cm where previous owner's name was and now repaired otherwise a very good hardcover with clean pages and firm binding. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. More photos available upon request. Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1928 hardcover
1921ref. ABE-1668509601322London: Bernard Quaritch 1921 1921 First edition. Elephant folio Folder size:64.852cm Large plate size:65.853cm Small plate size: 40.230.7cm wt:3.8kg. Recovered and Described by Aurel Stein. Published under the Orders of H.M.'s Secretary of State for India and with the Co-operation of the Trustees of the British Museum by Bernard Quaritch. PARTIAL set. CONTAINS: Title page plus ALL 33 large plates I-XXXIII. ONLY 4 of the 15 further supplementary smaller plates XXXVIII XL XLIII XLVIII. MISSING: Introductory text by Laurence Binyon and 11 of 15 smaller plates. CONDITION: Title page has several closed tears and creases. Plates 4 14 16 2223 26 3033 have light creases to margins or to one corner. Plates 2 10 have small areas of damp-staining to margins. Plates 18 19 21 have more extensive creases to margins with small edge nicks. Plate 19 has a small area of loss at the top edge. Small plates 3840 43 48 have creasing and edge nicks to margins. The contemporary cloth folder is worn and soiled. More photos available upon request. 1st Edition. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1921 hardcover
ref. 122134London Royal Geographical Society 1908. . 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. 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. Yakushi S715. London, Royal Geographical Society, 1908. hardcover
1905ref. GB62Folio pp. 6 v 3 56; with 13 photographic illustrations on 6 plates and 5 plans; a very few light marks; very good in printed blue paper boards neatly rebacked hinges repaired; some wear to corners and edges; pencil inscription of J. A. Boyd Glasgow to front free endpaper some marginal pencil marks; preserved in a clamshell box. Scarce first edition of this significant report from Stein's period as Inspector-General of Education and Archaeological Surveyor of the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan to which combined post he had been appointed in July 1903. No copies are recorded at auction on Rare Book Hub. During his 1904-5 survey Stein became the first European to visit Mahaban accompanied by Rai Lal Singh of the Survey of India who made a survey map under Stein's supervision. Stein concluded that the identification of Mahaban as the Aornos of Alexander the Great's time was invalid and discovered on Banj mountain south of Mahaban ruins which he identified as the site of the Buddha's Body-offering where according to Chinese pilgrims. the Buddha in his former life was believed to have offered his body to feed a tigress. Stein also made a survey of the remains of a mountain stronghold known as Kafirkot on the Khasor range south-east of the Kurram valley. In all Stein recovered over 200 pieces of Gandharan sculpture during his survey. Government Press
1921ref. 355490717903London 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Bernard Quaritch 1921. First UK Edition. FIRST EDITION 3 volumes comprising vol.1 text folio 400 x 315mm. xii 65pp. original printed grey wrappers leaves mainly uncut and contents loose some small chips and closed tears at edges; vol.2 plates large folio 645 x 520mm. plate volume title printed in red and black with coloured photographic illustration and 33 coloured or tinted photographic plates some with 2 or more illustrations numbered I-XXXIII preserved loose as issued some marginal chipping/small closed tears/small marginal creases housed within original brown cloth-packed portfolio printed label on upper cover cloth ties some perished; vol.3 containing supplementary plates folio 400 x 305mm. 15 coloured or tinted photographic plates numbered XXXIV-XLVIII each in very good condition clean with no tears or chips housed. within original printed grey envelope. All plates present. Notes: FIRST EDITION of a collection of plates reproducing images of ancient Buddhist paintings recovered during the 1906-1908 second central-Asian journey including paintings he rediscovered in the 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas' near Tun-huang Dunhuang.with descriptions by Stein and an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon. Photographs available upon request. Rare. hardcover
1928ref. 191508Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1928. Stein's great achievement. was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization First edition of this comprehensive scientific report of Stein's 1913-16 expedition during which he travelled to Kashgar and Khotan and across the Pei-shan the Turfan depression and the Pamirs to Samarkand before turning south through eastern Persia to Baluchistan. As with Stein's other expedition publications the work is superbly produced and presented. "Stein's great achievement. was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization along the Silk Route in Chinese central Asia. Despite the fact that better-financed expeditions from Germany and France led by Professor Albert Grunwedel and Albert von Le Coq and Paul Pelliot respectively worked in the same area Stein was the first archaeologist to discover evidence of the spread of the Graeco-Buddhist culture of north-west India across Chinese Turkestan and into China itself" ODNB. 3 vols quarto and custom map case. With 505 half-tone illustrations from photographs some on folding sheets in text vols 138 plates a few in colour and 59 plans in third vol.; 52 folding maps four tabbed A-D and in printed envelope housed in map case. Vols in original brownish-red cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers with embossed gilt roundel showing Athena with arm outstretched brandishing the aegis incorporating the gorgoneion Stein's personal emblem fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Recent brownish-red cloth map case with spine label standing in for original map case no longer present. Vols generally clean and fresh extremities a little bumped index map in custom case creased and marked a few others lightly worn as expected: a very good set. Howgego III S65; Yakushi S720. hardcover
ref. 97020701London 1928 Oxford. Rose cloth 4 vol. set: vol. 1-2 text vol. 3 plates & plans vol. 4 maps bibliography unclipped mended dust jackets in mylar protectors 25.5 x 34 cm. brilliantly bright superb clean copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 SETS . A monumental work well-illustrated study on the trade route countries of Central Asia. Always a rare set when complete. . "With descriptive lists of antiques by F.H. Andrews & F.M.G. Lorimer; & appendices by J. Allan et al." Volume 1 2: text 1159 pages with text illustrations. Vol. 3: 137 plates 59 plans. Vol. 4: 51 color folding maps in matching rose cloth case with index tabs. . M. AUREL STEINS PERSONAL COPY: This is a very nice copy which was likely owned by the author as his personal letter was found used as a book mark in one of the volumes. The letter is 19 x 25.5 cm. plain toned white paper written by Sir Aurel Stein using a very wide fountain pen and blue ink. The letter is in remarkable condition and has been folded twice but now is quite flat and solid. . WITH A VERY RARE HOLOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM AUREL STEIN: "At Highbroom Ewhurst Guilford: February 15 1925 Dear Sirs Thanks for your letter of the 9th inst. and the account rendered with it. I note in the account of entry of 10/6 charged for the Return of Income Tax for the years 1922-3 and 1923-4. As I was absent from the United Kingdom during the whole of these financial years no Income Tax was due from the royalties received in these years on my behalf. I accordingly request the favour of an explanation as to how this charge arises against my account and hope for a refund of the amount. Yours faithfully A. Stein" . Perhaps Aurel Stein got his reply from the Income Tax office and or this was a copy of his letter. It was found lost as a "book mark" found in this set. A lovely insight to Stein and his thoughts on how the British government had wrongly charged him Income Tax. A lovely holographic letter written in pen and ink in his usual and steady hand. Stein letters are rare and seldom found on the market. . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 COPIES. We understand that this set was issued in a Limited Edition of only 765 complete copies the balance of 250 sets were incomplete as they lacked 48 maps. . THE MAPS AND MAP BOX VOLUME: The matching map box is also in bound in rose cloth 25.5 x 34 cm. and is 5 cm. thick. There is some minor and usual wear to the upper and lower part of the hinged flap with some old mends. The contents consist of 47 maps each with white index tabs plus 4 other maps index tabs: "ABCD" and the index complete as issued. . CONDITION: . Bound in the publisher's cloth as issued. . This is the brightest and freshest copy we have ever had in our 45 years of tenure. The cloth of the main three volumes is nearly flawless with bright rose color brilliant gold stamping on the spines and front covers. There is no scuffing whatsoever and the head/tails of the spines are fresh with a few of the usual wrinkles expected. The joints are strong tight and the book appears to be by and large unused. There are a few bumped corners: vol. 1: the front upper right corner has a very small bump; vol. 2: faint and very tiny hint of a bump on front lower right else none; vol. 3: front right and left and rear corners tiny bump front lower right a larger bump please see scans posted to our website for photographs. . DUST JACKETS: The set of three volumes all have the original dust jackets each protected in Mylar covers. There was some of the usual wear to the unprotected dust jackets and some restoration with matching paper was performed from the inside to stabilize the tears and small missing pieces. Overall the jackets are nice with some repairs to the upper and lower spine as well as corners and a few other spots here and there. Finding this set with the dust jacket is exceptionally rare and unusual. The set if ever found most always lacks the dust jackets. . . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Stein 1862-1943. Arntzen I 506. . hardcover books
ref. 97020701London 1928 Oxford. Rose cloth 4 vol. set: vol. 1-2 text vol. 3 plates & plans vol. 4 maps bibliography unclipped mended dust jackets in mylar protectors 25.5 x 34 cm. brilliantly bright superb clean copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 SETS . A monumental work well-illustrated study on the trade route countries of Central Asia. Always a rare set when complete. . "With descriptive lists of antiques by F.H. Andrews & F.M.G. Lorimer; & appendices by J. Allan et al." Volume 1 2: text 1159 pages with text illustrations. Vol. 3: 137 plates 59 plans. Vol. 4: 51 color folding maps in matching rose cloth case with index tabs. . M. AUREL STEINS PERSONAL COPY: This is a very nice copy which was likely owned by the author as his personal letter was found used as a book mark in one of the volumes. The letter is 19 x 25.5 cm. plain toned white paper written by Sir Aurel Stein using a very wide fountain pen and blue ink. The letter is in remarkable condition and has been folded twice but now is quite flat and solid. . WITH A VERY RARE HOLOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM AUREL STEIN: "At Highbroom Ewhurst Guilford: February 15 1925 Dear Sirs Thanks for your letter of the 9th inst. and the account rendered with it. I note in the account of entry of 10/6 charged for the Return of Income Tax for the years 1922-3 and 1923-4. As I was absent from the United Kingdom during the whole of these financial years no Income Tax was due from the royalties received in these years on my behalf. I accordingly request the favour of an explanation as to how this charge arises against my account and hope for a refund of the amount. Yours faithfully A. Stein" . Perhaps Aurel Stein got his reply from the Income Tax office and or this was a copy of his letter. It was found lost as a "book mark" found in this set. A lovely insight to Stein and his thoughts on how the British government had wrongly charged him Income Tax. A lovely holographic letter written in pen and ink in his usual and steady hand. Stein letters are rare and seldom found on the market. . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 COPIES. We understand that this set was issued in a Limited Edition of only 765 complete copies the balance of 250 sets were incomplete as they lacked 48 maps. . THE MAPS AND MAP BOX VOLUME: The matching map box is also in bound in rose cloth 25.5 x 34 cm. and is 5 cm. thick. There is some minor and usual wear to the upper and lower part of the hinged flap with some old mends. The contents consist of 47 maps each with white index tabs plus 4 other maps index tabs: "ABCD" and the index complete as issued. . CONDITION: . Bound in the publisher's cloth as issued. . This is the brightest and freshest copy we have ever had in our 45 years of tenure. The cloth of the main three volumes is nearly flawless with bright rose color brilliant gold stamping on the spines and front covers. There is no scuffing whatsoever and the head/tails of the spines are fresh with a few of the usual wrinkles expected. The joints are strong tight and the book appears to be by and large unused. There are a few bumped corners: vol. 1: the front upper right corner has a very small bump; vol. 2: faint and very tiny hint of a bump on front lower right else none; vol. 3: front right and left and rear corners tiny bump front lower right a larger bump please see scans posted to our website for photographs. . DUST JACKETS: The set of three volumes all have the original dust jackets each protected in Mylar covers. There was some of the usual wear to the unprotected dust jackets and some restoration with matching paper was performed from the inside to stabilize the tears and small missing pieces. Overall the jackets are nice with some repairs to the upper and lower spine as well as corners and a few other spots here and there. Finding this set with the dust jacket is exceptionally rare and unusual. The set if ever found most always lacks the dust jackets. . . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Stein 1862-1943. Arntzen I 506. . unknown
