Forbidden Journey From Peking To Kashmir

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Hardcover. VG- (light shelfwear to boards and block. pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clear.). Tan cloth boards with brown spine lettering; xiv, 306 pp, bw illustrated frontispiece; map illustrated end papers; bw illustrations throughout. "Translated from the French by Thomas McGreevy." Includes a list of the maps and illustrations.… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Maillart was a Swiss adventurer travel writer and photographer, as well as accomplished international athlete. (She was captain of the Swiss Women's land hockey team, an international skier, and competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a sailor in the Olympic monotype competition). From the 1930s onwards, she… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit slanted. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with a light bump to one corner. Spine with a hint of sunning. Toning to endpapers. Front hinge has a bit of play. Occasional light foxing to pages and edges. ; Profusely illustrated and with one fold… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1937. reprint. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 312pp., b/w pls., notes, fldg. map, index, Translated from the French. Some institutional stamps o/w nice copy

London: William Heineman Ltd, 1937. xvi, 312pp. Folding Map and illustrations throughout. Original brown cloth,gilt. Fisrt issue was August 1937.. 1st edition, 4th Reprint. Hardback. V.g./No d.j.. large 8vo.

London: William Heinemann, 1937 VG+/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (prev. owner's details to front endpapers, leaf edges a little spotted & marked, a few marks to boards) in dustwrapper (rubbed & frayed, some chipping at spine ends); pp. vi, 312, with 64 illustrations & 3 maps. A very good copy.. Fourth Impression. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.

London: Heinemann, 1937. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. torn dust jacket xvi + 312pp., frontis., maps, b/w plates, notes, index, Ownership signature o/w nice copy

London: William Heinemann, 1937 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, slight sunning and toning, occ. spots, frontispiece affixed with the aid of craft tape) in facsimile of original dustwrapper (a little rubbed)); pp. vi, 312, with 64 illustrations & 3 maps. A very good copy. Ex-libris musicologist Christopher Dyment, with his ownership label to foot of… Read more about this item

Henry Holt, 1937. Very Good. Maillart, Ella K. Forbidden Journey from Peking to Kashmir. New York: Henry Holt, 1937. 1st edition. 306pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled spine and lightly faded edges. Yellowed adhesive residue on corners of free endsheets. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with repairs made in… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. 312 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Bound in purple cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly scuffed and spotted. Light wear on the corners. 2nd printing. VG/- -. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.