Peter hopkirk intro (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. c1986 reprint. 310pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Very Good [text is completely and uniformly age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A modern travel classic.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First published in 1937; as photographed; covers a little worn, pages browned, but unmarked throughout; private ownership; latter half of the book has pages slightly buckled at edge, as if by damp, but without any staining or marking; 221pp + rear folding map (unaffected by buckling).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. First Edition Thus. Hong Kong, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is Near Very Good but for sun fading and two short closed tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Mild bump to one corner of the cover but no pages are affected (i.e. no creases). With 14 illustrations including a fold-out map in color, frontispiece in color, and plates in b/w and color. From the dust jacket: "VISITS TO HIGH TARTARY, YARKAND AND KASHGAR, written over a century ago tells the story of a British tea planter, Robert Shaw. Shaw wrote this lively and detailed account, describing the course and events of his journey as well as the bloody warfare waged by the autocrats of the Turkic kingdoms and the elaborate social rituals of their elites. First published in 1871, VISITS TO HIGH TARTARY is now reprinted with the addition of an Introduction by Peter Hopkirk". First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvi, 486pp. + folding map. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…