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Two Volumes. Xx; (Iv); (Ii)-663; (I) & Xii; (Ii), 667-1278 Pages. Original Bright Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt On The Spine And Upper Covers With A Vignette Of A Group Of Travellers Digging For Water As A Train Of Camels Look On. A Handful Of Minor Defects, One Corner Slightly Bumped, Very Slight Wear At The Base Of The Spine. Endpapers Tanned. Royal 8Vo. Still A Lovely Fresh Set With Nearly Three Hundred Illustrations From Sketches And Photographs By The Author. With A Photogravure Portrait Of Islam Bai, Two Large Folding Coloured Maps, One Of The Pamir, The Other Of The Tamrim Basin (With) Northern Tibet. Loosely Inserted Is A One Page Autograph Letter On Newcastle Daily Journal Headed Note- Paper Requesting An Autograph From Sven Hedin, Which He Duly Signed, " Newcastle Dated 13 / X11 1902." At The Time Sven Was On A Lecture Tour Called " Three Years Exploration In Central Asia," He Lectured At The Royal Geographical Society In London, And Newcastle Town Hall. Some Wear To The Letter But Clearly Signed By Arguably The Foremost Western Explorer Of Central Asia * Distinctive Bookplate Of John Henry Fraser Walter. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002970
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