About this title: In 1882, Francis Younghusband was commissioned into the First King's Dragoon Guards who were then stationed in India. Younghusband soon launched into his career of exploration with two brief sorties into the Himalayas. The Heart of a Continent, first published in 1896, tells of Younghusband's journey through Manchuria and along the Silk Road into ...
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Your search:Books»The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Chitral, 1884-94(14 available copies)
Binding: Paperbook
Publisher: John Murray, London
Date Published: 1896
ISBN-13:9781421265506ISBN:1421265508
Description: New in New jacket. This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by John Murray in London, 1896. This book is in English. This book contains 477 pages. Print on demand edition. This book contains color illustrations. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray, London
Date Published: (1937)
Description: Good+ in Good dust jacket. No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Series of 1/8" tears along tail of spine. Browning and foxing to dust wrapper. 1" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; xvi, 246, [2], pages + frontis + 4 plates and a folding map. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 215mm x 134mm. Title continues, "Commemorating the fiftieth ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray, London
Date Published: 1904
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. A clean copy. Binding tight. Tissue guard to frontis present and unfoxed. Minor wear and bruising to cloth at tail of spine. No signatures or stamps. Light age toning to page edges and margins of leaves. 1/8" chips to cloth at lower corners of boards.; xvii, [1], 332 pages + photogravure portrait frontis + 8 plates + colour folding map at rear. Brown cloth covers with colour illustration incoporating oriental art motifs on front board. Top page edges gilt. Gilt ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Date Published: 2007
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall B002VI8PLA Facsimilie reprint of the original 1904 edition. NEW book, but has a corner crease on front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Asian Educational Services, India
Date Published: 01/05/1995
ISBN-13:9788120608504ISBN:812060850X
Description: Used-Good. THIS IS A HARD TO FIND OR RARE TITLE. PLEASE ALLOW 7-21 DAYS FOR DELIVERY, BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM WAREHOUSE. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES. read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: AES, New Delhi
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9788120608504ISBN:812060850X
Description: Reprint. pp. 332. As New. A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas the Parmirs and Hunza (1884-1894) read more
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