The stormswept roof of Asia by yak, camel & sheep caravan in Tibet, Chinese Turkestan & over the Karakoram. [Translated from the German by B. K. Featherstone]
Published by J. B. Lippincott, n.d., Philadelphia, 1931
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
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First edition in English, American issue; 8vo, pp. [4], 11-312; folding map, 27 illustrations from photographs on 16 plates; fine copy in original orange cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, in an uncommon dust jacket showing a few short tears and creases. "Account of the author's Central Asian expedition of 1927-28, with H. de Terra and W. Bosshard; Srinagar, Leh, Kashgar, the Western Taklamakan desert and the Kunlun. Return journey to India via the Karakoram Pass, and Bosshard directly to Europe via Russia" (Yakushi). Yakushi T-218b.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The stormswept roof of Asia by yak, camel & sheep caravan in Tibet, Chinese Turkestan & over the Karakoram. [Translated from the German by B. K. Featherstone]
- Author
- Trinkler, Emil
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott, n.d., Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1931
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Asia, Exploration, Mountaineering
Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
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