Item #458099 The heart of a continent : commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his journey from Peking to India by way of the Gobi desert and Chinese Turkestan, and across the Himalaya by the Mustagh pass / by Sir Francis Younghusband. Francis Edward Younghusband.

The heart of a continent : commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his journey from Peking to India by way of the Gobi desert and Chinese Turkestan, and across the Himalaya by the Mustagh pass / by Sir Francis Younghusband

1937, Revised Edition. London : Murray. Very good cloth library copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Foxing to dust-wrapper. Book plate and previous owner's signature to front free end paper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #458099

Physical description; xvi, 246 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait, folded map 23 cm. Notes; "The first account ... was published in 1896, with other chapters, under the title of The heart of a continent. Revised, with additional material, 1937." This edition omits chapters on Manchuria and the Pamirs. Subjects; Younghusband, Francis Edward Sir 1863-1942 Travel Asia, Central. Asia, Central Description and travel.
Manchuria (China) Description and travel. Central Asia. China Manchuria.

Price: €85.00

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