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]

Trinkler, Emil

Published by J. B. Lippincott, n.d., Philadelphia, 1931

About this Item

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 T218b.

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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]
• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott, n.d., Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1931
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asia
  • Exploration
  • Mountaineering
  • Tibet