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Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. by Sir Marc Aurel STEIN

Creator: Sir Marc Aurel STEIN
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

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STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel.

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Sand-buried ruins of Khotan.
Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan.

Stock Code 111913
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1904

Current price$1,096.00
The general narrative of Stein's first exploration of Central Asia, 1900-01. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan and excavated the eponymous ruins.

New cheaper edition. 8vo, xl, 503 pp., frontispiece, large folding map (repair to verso), numerous photographic illustrations, original sienna pictorial cloth gilt, light fade to spine, old ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy.

Yakushi S713a.

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Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1900-1919
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	111913
Incollect Reference #:	711922

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