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NP: Nabu Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2011. Reprint. Card Covers. 1178735869 . Several jammed pages top fore edge otherwise as new . ; 9.7 X 7.4 X 0.4 inches; 448 pages .

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Personal Narrative of a journey to the Source of the river Oxus, by the route of the Indus, Kabul, and Badakhshan, performed ... in the years 1836, 1837 and 1838..

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London: John Murray, 1841 . First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". None. The scarce first edition of John Wood's account of his journey to the source of the river Oxus. Illustrated with a folding map. The scarce first edition of this work.The work of Scottish naval officer, surveyor, cartographer and explorer John Wood, best known for his exploration of central Asia.In this volume, Wood provides an account of the 1838 expedition he led that found one of the River Oxus's sources in central Asia. He was the first European to do so.The Royal Geographical Society recognised his work by awarding him their Patron's Medal in 1841.Illustrated with a folding map. Without the publisher's catalogue to the rear. In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strip head and tail, joints, and board perimeters. Tail of rear joint, and head and tail of front joint starting, with boards a touch tender. Evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound.… Read More

Brown cloth. New black cloth spine with particulars in gilt. Date to spine incorrectly reads 1814. Inscription to front fly dated 1841. Folding map. ; tall; xv, 424, 12 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.