The Silk Road. Translated from the Swedish by F.H. Lyon. . . .
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- CENTRAL ASIA]. HEDIN, Sven
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1938]. Tall 8vo. viii, 328 pp. Photo frntsp., 30 photo plates1 large folding map. Light-blue ribbed-silk cloth, red lettrng (minor shelfwear, rubbing, removed bookplate on ffep., small stamping marks), w/ d.j. photo cover art (minor chipping & tears head of spine, creasing, edgewear, minor scuffing, closed tears), still VG/G- copy from library of Prof. Kenneth Erickson, w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First American edition of this exceptional memoir tracing the Swedish explorer’s Motor Car Expedition 1933-1935 mapping out possible highway routes to Sianking across Western China and Mongolia to Turkestan for the Chinese government. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the confiscation of Manchuria by the Imperial Japanese, Hedin had stepped forward to urge the Chinese that they could better protect their remaining lands, by establishing a new “Silk Road” which would open 3 years later by 1938. Exceedingly scarce in original jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61220
- Title
- The Silk Road. Translated from the Swedish by F.H. Lyon. . . .
- Author
- [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- CENTRAL ASIA]. HEDIN, Sven
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1938].
- Keywords
- China, Western China, Gobi Desert, Silk Route, Mongolia, Central Asia, Travel, Exploration, Science, Geography, History, Geology, Archaeology, Ethnography
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