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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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Anno di pubblicazione
1877
Luogo di stampa
New York. Harper & Brothers
Autore
Burnaby, Fred
Edizione
First American edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Asia
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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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