Gobi Desert rare books
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First U.K. edition. 8vo, viii, 382 pp., 24 photographic plates and a folding map, original brick-red cloth gilt, original buff dust wrapper printed in red (lightly soiled, slight wear to head of spine), an excellent example.
£450 -
First English edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xx, 1-663; xii, 664-1278 pp., 2 frontispieces, 2 folding maps, numerous illustrations throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt, an excellent copy.
£650 -
First edition. 8vo, xix, 409 pp, photogravure frontispiece, 8 black and white illustrations, folding map at rear, later endpapers, original green cloth gilt, a very good copy.
£900 -
Third and best edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, first 2 volumes illustrated with maps and plates, third volume consisting of notes and addenda by Cordier, original green cloth, spines decorated in blue, morocco labels, an excellent bright set.
£675 -
First edition in English. Two volumes, 8vo., vi, 321; vi, 315pp., wood-engravings in the text, some full-page, original green cloth gilt, neat repairs to extremities, an excellent set.
£1,250 -
First edition in French, 8vo., iv, 563 pp., title printed in red and black, translated from the Russian by Aug. Kuscinski, portrait, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some spotting, contemporary tan morocco-backed boards, corners worn, spine lightly faded and rubbed.
£650 -
First English edition. 8vo ( 22 x 14.5 cms), xii, 297pp,31 photographic plates and a folding map, slightly frayed at edges, heavy spotting to the preliminaries, red library cloth gilt.
£225 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 4to., xxlll, 620; xxvi, 620-1350 pp., 63 distribution maps, 20 plates, illustrations on text, original orange cloth lettered in black, vol i with dust-wrapper, an excellent set.
£3,000