Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
by Morden, William J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
Item Price
€89.11€71.29
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Square and unmarked copy in full cloth binding that is lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt. xiv, 414pp. Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews. Plates. Fold-out map. An expedition to collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, this is a great journey through Central Asia. India, the Himalayas, the Pamirs, Thian Shan, Mongolia, Siberia, across the endless steppes to Manchuria, Peking, Kashmir, Kashgaria, the "Celestial Mountains," Kara Shar, Dzungaria, Kobdo.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067310
- Title
- Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
- Author
- Morden, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Writing;
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