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Burnaby, Fred

A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia

1877

195,52 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1877
Lieu d'édition
New York. Harper & Brothers
Auteur
Burnaby, Fred
Edition
First American edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [19 x 13 cm]; 403 pp, 3 folding colored maps in pockets, tables, appendices. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt picture on front cover, gilt spine & cover title lettering, decorations in black, expertly rebacked preserving original cloth, some map folds split, internal hinge repaired, some marginal pencil notes, very good, sound. A classic travel account through central Asia, Burnaby being the first to make this journey, traveling by horse, sleigh and camel through the dead of winter. He provides a rare glimpse of the Russian Empire in the making and received immediate acclaim going through 11 editions in the year of publication. The maps are of Turkestan, Russian and China with the routes in red and Central Asia. Many of the later editions omitted much of the material included here. Ghani p. 59. Yakushi B301.
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