The Road to Oxiana
by Byron, Robert; Fussell, Paul (Introduction by)
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0195030672
- ISBN 13
- 9780195030679
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. xvii, 292 pages, [13] leaves of plates, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana--the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- The Road to Oxiana
- Author
- Byron, Robert; Fussell, Paul (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195030672
- ISBN 13
- 9780195030679
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture / History; Asian / Central Asian; Genre & Subject / Religious / Islamic;
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