About this title: "Riddles of the Gobi Desert": This account of the celebrated Swedish explorer describes his expeditions into northern China and inner Mongolia in 1928 and 1929. Written in his characteristic narrative to simplicity it details his negotiation with the central government of Nan king and aims to increase the archaeological and geographical knowledge of these now desolate areas that were once the hub of Buddhist religion and enterprise. Hedin, in this account traverses a part of the route the Marco Polo tread on, and was performed at the time when China was declared a republic. This work is ...
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Asian Educational Services., New Delhi.
Date Published: 2002.
ISBN-13:9788120616141ISBN:8120616146
Description: Folding map, black and white illustrations, x + 392pp, index, hardback with pictorial upper cover, gilt lettering spine and upper cover. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Cloth (hardback).
Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Trans. from the Swedish by Elizabeth Sprigge and Claude Napier. A very good or better copy with some foxing to endpapers and light sunning to spine. No dust jacket. x, 382 pp. 8vo. Illus. with 24 b/w photos. Yakushi H115. The companion to "Across the Gobi Desert, " this volume covers the second part of the Swedish-Sino expedition, from Urumchi to Peking. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Routledge, London
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. "University of Otago, " prize label to front free endpaper. Spotting to page edges and endpapers. Fading to spine. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some rubbing to corners of boards with 1/8" loss of cloth at top corners of boards.; x, 383 pages + frontis + plates + folding map at rear. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 224mm x 136mm.; 8vo. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Asian Educational Services, India
Date Published: 31/12/2002
ISBN-13:9788120616141ISBN:8120616146
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: 2002
ISBN-13:9788120616141ISBN:8120616146
Description: Reprint. pp. 382. As New. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Semipalatinsk. 2. To the Chinese frontier. 3. We are held up at Chuguchak. 4. Ambolt's illness. 5. The murder of Governor general yang. 6. Last days in Urumchi. 7. From Urumchi to peking. 8. New year in peking. 9. Nanking. 10. The expedition's headquarters are transferred to boston. 11. Vincent bendix. 12. Back to peking. 13. The Tashi Lama's visit to Mongolia. 14. Our farewell to the great desert caravan. 15. A motor tour through ... read more
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