Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet
Author:
HEDIN, SVEN
Title:
Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet
Subtitle:
With 388 Illustrations from Photographs, Watercolour Sketches, and Drawings by the Author and 10 Maps
Publisher:
MacMillan and Co. 1909
Description:
2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front boards, top page edges gilt, frontispiece, 1: xxiii + 436pp + 4pp adverts + 188 plates + 7 maps to rear, 2: xvii + 441pp + 2pp adverts + 199 plates + 3 maps to rear, VG- (moderatre bruising to spine + extrems w/ closed 2cm tear to head of vol. 2, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate-heavy foxing to eps, minor insect damage to prelims + first 13pp of vol. 2, light-moderate foxing throughout)
Keywords:
sven hedin travelogue exploration tibet himalayas tibetans nepal china mountaineering mountain climbing anthropology