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Lot of Early Books on Travel Through Asia

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:88.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 550.00 USD
Lot of Early Books on Travel Through Asia
<B>Lot of Early Books on Travel Through Asia</B></I> including:<BR><B>Thomas W. Knox<I> Overland Through Asia. Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life.</B></I></B></I> <I>Travels and Adventures in Kamchatka, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Chinese Tartary, and European Russia, with Full Accounts of the Siberian Exiles, Their Treatment, Condition, and Mode of Life, A Description of the Amoor River, and the Siberian Shores of the Frozen Ocean.</B></I> (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1871), first edition, 608 pages, illustrated, map, inscribed by the author on the ffep, original brown decorative cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, 8vo (6.25" x 9"), previous owner's book plate on the inside front cover, inside front hinge cracked, corners worn, spine faded, portion of cloth on spine torn, internal pages toned, internal contents sound, good condition.<BR><B>M. Huc<I> Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China</B></I></B></I> <I> During the Years 1844-5-6.</B></I> (Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1900), second reprint edition, two volume, 326 pages and 342 pages respectively, 50 woodcut engravings, fold-out map, original decorative cloth boards with silver titles, 8vo (5.5" x 8"), previous owner's book plate on the ffep, minor shelf wear, very good condition.<BR><B>C.P. Skrine<I> Chinese Central Asia.</B></I></B></I> (London: Methuen & Company, Ltd., 1926), first edition, 306 pages, color frontis, five panoramas, two maps, 51 other illustrations, original red cloth boards with gilt titles and device on front cover, 8vo (5.75" x 9"), previous owner's book plate on the ffep, front hinge starting to crack, spine faded, light shelf wear, else very good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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