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10 maps, 1 folding, illustrations, x + 291pp, index, light discolouration to spine, text and plates are very clean and bright, a good copy of the first English edition. 22.4 x 14cm. First published in Swedish in 1937. "This book forms the third volume of the trilogy in which Hedin has given popular accounts of his journeys in Central Asia. It deals with the history of the drainage system in the region of Lop-Nor, the Wandering Lake, in the Tarim basin. He explored that lake in 1905 and in 1934, and the main part of this volume gives an account of his 1934 journey." (Yakushi - Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature. H120). Seller Inventory # 214414
Title: The Wandering Lake.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons., London.
Publication Date: 1940
Edition: First English Edition.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Copious black and white photographic plates and rear fold out map in very good condition. Seller Inventory # rev5413905042
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (Ref.W2 ) Blue cloth boards with foxing all over. Faded gilt spine titles. Short tear to head of spine hinge. Creasing and fading to head and heel. Darkened and yellowed page edges. Corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and some page edges throughout. Map at rear is detached from centre fold. Seller Inventory # 007204
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR007696382
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are edge worn with scuffing and marks along the edges. The binding is secure. The pages are lightly browned due to age, not affecting text. No ink inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # j43jw
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. New/unused condition with small scuffs and a small knock to the top of the spine. The content is in new condition. Seller Inventory # HP-108818
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Erik Oskarsson Antikvariat, Lund, Sweden
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. London, George Routledge & Sons. 1940. x+(2)+293 pages. Publisher's cloth. A bit rubbed and slanted. Slightly faded spine with a split of approx. 4 cm in the middle of the spine. Illustrated. With plates and fold-out map. First UK edition of ""Den vandrande sjön"", the final part of Hedin's account of the Sino-Swedish expedition of 1927-1935. Seller Inventory # 1132202
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Hardback. 303pp 32 plates & 83 sketches & maps in text. 1940 *Chinese Turkestan. Ex-library copy rebound in 1/2 leather. Folding map in photocopy, otherwise contents very good. Seller Inventory # HALL102673
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English edition,x - 293pp, with 32 illustrations, 76 sketches and 10 maps one coloured and folding. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers blue cloth clean and tight with no chips bumps or splits, DJ loss to part bottom edge some small chips and closed tears. Seller Inventory # 05399
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback edition with a new foreword by John Hare, 2009, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Seller Inventory # 230819
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Hardback. 303pp 32 plates & 83 sketches & maps in text., Routledge, London 1940 *Chinese Turkestan. Very good copy. Seller Inventory # HALL102672
Quantity: 1 available