My Life As An Explorer
Hedin, Sven
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
Quantity: 1From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
Quantity: 1About this Item
No signatures. Some fading to ends of spine and corners of boards. Some staining to page edges. Adhesive tape repairs to reverse of dust wrapper. Moderate loss of paper along margins of dust wrapper. 2 3/4" tear at bottom of front fold of dust wrapper. 1" x 1 1/2" chip at head of front panel of dust wrapper. 1/2" x 1/2" chip at head of front panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 544 pages. Buff cloth boards. llustrated. Page Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm. "With thirty-four volumes of the accounts of his exploration and discoveries to draw from, Dr. Hedin in this great autobiography has compressed between two covers the most thrilling experiences of a lifetime of adventure." - from the dust wrapper blurb. Selected contents: Across The Elburz Range To Teheran; On Horseback Through Persia; Through Mesopotamia To Bagdad; Constantinople; An Ambassador To The Shah Of Persia; Through Khorasan, The Land Of The Sun; Meshhed, The City Of Martyrs; Bokhara And Samarkand; With The Emir Of Bokhara; With The Kirghiz; My Struggle With The 'Father Of The Ice Mountains'; The Caravan Meets With Disaster; Robinson Crusoe; Second Expedition To The Pamirs; I Discover 2000-Year-Old Cities In The Desert; My First Entry Into Tibet; In The Land Of Tangut Robbers; On To Peking; Our Life On The Largest River In The Very heart Of Asia."; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 7032
Bibliographic Details
Title: My Life As An Explorer
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Company (1925), New York
Publication Date: 1925
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Illustrated by Hedin, Sven
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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