The Gobi Desert
Mildred Cable and Francesca French
Published by Hodder& Stoughton, 1942
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Hardcover
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1942. Hodder & Stoughton. A Scarce First Edition. A Hardback in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Scuffing to extremities of spine. Wear and a tiny split to top of spine. Previous owner's book plate. Dust toning to page block. 3 colour illustrations and numerous black and white photographs. Page block is firm and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. Includes fold out map at back of book. Overall a nice and presentable First Edition of a Scarce book. (Please contact Seller for Overseas Postage Rates and see our Abebooks Storefront for Overseas Shipping. Thank you). Seller Inventory # TGDAFF1
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Title: The Gobi Desert
Publisher: Hodder& Stoughton
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Gobi Desert
Published by
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1942
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Wisbech Community Hub, Wisbech, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy of 'The Gobi Desert' is about travels through the desert. Illustrated with b/w photos and colour frontispiece. Complete, firm and tight. Inscription in faded ink on front fly. Presentation certificate from YMCA on inside front cover. Contents pages lightly toned. Page ends toned. Folded Map at back lightly creased at edges. Rear cover boards loosened from rear fly but remains attached to whole. . One fly page at rear has been removed. Very Faded and marked blue cloth cover boards faded gilt titling to foxed spine; corners bumped and grazed; spine ends bumped and clipped; edges lightly rubbed. 301 pages. Dimensions:23 x 15 cm. Seller Inventory # 2744D
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Gobi Desert.
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, 1943
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback 1944 Reprint; no dust jacket. Seller Inventory # mon0000347957
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Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert
Published by
Constable & Co, London England, 1934
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Hardcover
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Popular Edition. Hardback.Through Jade Gate. Browning to end inside covers. Sunned spine. Red cloth with black lettering. With an Introduction by Rev. John Stuart Holden. Contents: From Hwochow to Kanchow. In the Far North-West. Across the Gobi Desert. In the Land of the Reds. With a Frontispiece and Map. 304 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 094479
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The Gobi Desert
Published by
Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1950
Used
Hardcover
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. D/W shelf-worn,piece missing top of spine,numerous tears and creases along top/bottom edges,some repaired on the back with sellotape.Book yellow green boards,black lettering to spine,red design to front,page edges bright,musty smell due to age,map at back,contents clean. Seller Inventory # 027509
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The Gobi Desert
Published by
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1947
Used
Hardcover
Seller: John's Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Mildred Cable and Francesca French worked as missionaries in China from around 1900 onwards. They spent much of their time travelling, crossing the Gobi desert five times, carrying Bibles and a harmonium. Their story was published Hodder & Stoughton, 1942 and was so successful that it went to 9 reprints in 5 years. First edition, ninth reprint, 1947, with two colour and forty nine black and white photgraphs: folding map at back. 303pp, blue cloth, very good, gilt titles to spine, end papers slightly foxed, text clean. Seller Inventory # 000190
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Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert,
Published by
London, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd,, 1937
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Seller: Books and Beaches, Anna Bechteler, Icking, Germany
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Condition: Sehr gut. Original cloth binding, 318 pages, folding map, spine a bit darkened, very good condition. The authors worked as missionaries in China and published succesfully several books about their travels and experiences. Pocket edition without illustrations. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 26414
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THE GOBI DESERT
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First Edition
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: VG. NY 1944 first edition (stated) Macmillan. Hardcover octavo. Pinkish tan cover cloth. Color frontispiece. 303 p. Photo illus with large foldout map. VG hinges not cracked; binding secure; text clean;no owner marks. no dj. Seller Inventory # a110738
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The Gobi Desert
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1943
Used
Hardcover
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Reprint. NO JACKET. Hardback 1943 reprint. SPINE IS FADED. Clean. No inscriptions. Pull out map at the rear. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref o20. Seller Inventory # 037367
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Through Jade Gate and Central Asia: An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert
Published by
Constable & Co ltd., 1927
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Bemrose Books, Otley, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. previous owner's name to first page; green boards with darker green titles; all photographs in place; fold-out map at rear in very good condition; still tightly bound. Seller Inventory # 14886
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The GObi Desert
Published by
The Macmillian Company New York, 1945
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New York 1945, Macmillan. Brown cloth, fine, 303p., 48 b.w. 1 color photos, fold out map, dj. Co-author: Francesca French. Missionary work in the Land of the Caves of the 1000 Buddhas. The two authors are famous or working in the Central Asian area, with China's poorest peasants. They travelled widely throughout always alone. * The authors were the first Englishwomen to go alone into the great Asiatic Deserts, The Gobi, Mongolia to live among the people, traveling by foot, donkey, cart and camel from oasis to oasis. clean and unmarked, no dj, 3rd printing stated. Seller Inventory # ABE-1598540617484
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