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rif. 1016013051.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928rif. 5659Oxford UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Detailed report on explorations in Central Asia Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Carried out and described under the orders of HM Indian Government. 3 large format over sized volumes plus a portfolio of maps in a separate box. Vol 1 & 2 have 1159 pages and profuse ill and plates. These are the detailed travel volumes. Vol 3 is the plate volume with 135 plates and 59 plans. Vol 4 is the Map box with 47 maps and 4 lettered maps. The text volumes contain over 500 photographic illustrations plus other plates some in color and plans. The map box contains over 50 individual maps numbered and lettered which show great detail on the areas explored. Original rust colored cloth with gilt on spine and front covers. This is Stein's major work on the anthropology and archaeology of Central Asia. Stein was inspired by Sven Hedin but financed by the Indian government. He discovered the existence of a lost civilization along the Silk Route in CHinese Central Asia. He also described the culture of north-west India and Chinese Turkestan and into China. Stein traveled almost 11000 miles between 1913 and 1916. He went from Kashmir to Kashgar across the Taklamakan Desert to Khotan across the Pamirs and Valleys of the Upper Oxus and more! Corners bumped as usual on these extraordinary thick and heavy works and former owner's raised private library blindstamp on page after title page in text and plate volumes. Text is fine minor bumping in first few plates. Only light spine wear. Basically a handsome solid VG set in original cloth. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
rif. 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
1969rif. 215105New York.: Greenwood. 1969. Maps 1 folding loosely inserted many illustrations 31 black and white plates xxviii 432pp index very light foxing edges but overall a very nice hardback copy. Archaeological expedition 1932-36. . Greenwood. hardcover
rif. 120506London Macmillan and Co 1929. . First edition; 8vo 24 x 17.5 cm; numerous photographic illustrations of which several folding 2 folding maps contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper very occasional spot; publisher's original brown cloth gilt medallion to upper board spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt touch of bumping to head and foot of spine very occasional spot a very good copy; xvi 182 pp. The routes and battlefields of Alexander's campaign in the east had been a long-standing interest of Stein's and whilst surveying for the Indian Government on the North-West frontier he was able to indulge his fascination. Yakushi S336. London, Macmillan and Co, 1929. hardcover
1929rif. 002701London: Macmillan & Co Limited 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. xvi 182 2 folding maps at the back. Publisher's brown cloth gilt with embossed gilt decoration to front cover top edge gilt frontispiece title vignette 97 illustrations of places people landscapes buildings etc. Slight toning of eps owner inscription of Oxford scholar D.Penny on ffep a few minor bumps and marks and rubbing of top and tail of spine else very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ Macmillan & Co Limited hardcover
1964rif. 12837New York: Pantheon Books 1964. First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. xxii 290. Frontis. map of Chinese Turkestan. Illustrated with a section of b&w photo reproductions. Introduction by editor Mirsky. Black publisher's cloth with spine titles in gilt. Crisp and bright. In the color illustrated dust jacket unclipped with print date 10/64: minimal sunning to the spine. Re-issue of the 1933 first edition. Dust jacket title continues: "The archeological discovery of the "silk route" linking the Roman Empire with Cathay." Dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival protector. Pantheon Books hardcover
1992rif. 002651Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc. 1992. Detailed account of three expeditions undertaken by intrepid Hungarian explorer and archaeologist Stein between 1900 and 1914. Tracing both the ancient southern and northern silk routes over high mountain ranges and desert in and around Chinese Turkestan now Xinjiang Stein discovered and excavated several highly important sites recovering a trove of ancient documents paintings tapestries and Buddhist relics as well as documenting and photographing the ruins of early settlements in the area. A high quality reprint of Stein's original 1933 edition. A new copy never previously owned or read. xxiv 342 pp. 17 col. and 131 b&w photos of which 6 are multi-page fold-out panoramas 1 fold-out col. map. . Reprint edition. Hardbound. New/new. 22 x 16 cm. SMC Publishing Inc. Hardcover
1964rif. 048171New York: Pantheon Books 1964. First edition 1964. Illustrated in black and white with a double page map of Chinese Turkestan and Adjacent Areas. Black cloth with dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition with good hinges firm text block clean pages no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a couple of very minor closed tears to the top edge of front front panel no chips. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pantheon Books Hardcover
1964rif. 006953New York: Pantheon Books 1964 F/VG. 8vo. original black cloth gilt in dustwrapper edges a little rubbed with trifling tears in corners; pp. xxii 292 last blank with 8 illustrations & a map. A near fine copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. F/VG. Pantheon Books hardcover
1933rif. 008560London: MacMillan & Co 1933 8vo. original brown cloth gilt teg others uncut occ. spots in text else clean & bright throughout; lacks dustwrapper; pp. xxiv 342 2 original pub. advts last colophon with colour frontispiece147 illustrations inc. panoramas & a colour folding map. Heavy item 1.8 kg additional postage may be required for international delivery. An excellent copy about fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket. MacMillan & Co hardcover
1933rif. NF3948ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THREE EXPEDITIONS IN INNERMOST ASIA AND NORTH-WESTERN CHINA Macmillan 1933 first edition t.p.e.'s gold gilt light wear to fore edge corner tips a bit more so to the spine extremities which reveal several short closed tears else a near vg copy with near fine contents replete with all photos illustrations color plates and fold-outs called for. Macmillan unknown
1933rif. 002702London: Macmillan & Co Limited 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. xxiv 336 1 folding map at the back 2 pp book adverts. Publisher's brown cloth gilt with embossed gilt decoration to front cover top edge gilt coloured frontispiece title vignette 147 illustrations of places people landscapes buildings etc. Slight toning of eps owner inscription of Oxford scholar D.Penny on ffep corners bumped a little rubbing of top and tail of spine else very good. Many coloured plates with tissue guards illustrating the paintings from the Cave of a Thousand Buddhas at Tun Huang. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ Macmillan & Co Limited hardcover
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