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1	News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir more books like this by Peter Fleming add to wishlist For most travellers, and all merchants, the road from China to India lies as it has lain for centuries, through Singkiang along that ancient Silk Road which is the most romantic and culturally the most important trade route in the history of the world. In 1935 Peter Fleming set out to travel that route, from Peking to Kashmir. It was a journey ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $13.01! \| first editions \| SVS
2	From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet more books like this by Vikram Seth add to wishlist The perfect travel book' New Statesman Hitch-hiking, walking, slogging through rivers and across leech-ridden hills, Vikram Seth travelled through Sinkiang and Tibet to Nepal: from Heaven Lake to the Himalayas. By breaking away from the reliable routes of organised travel, he transformed his journey into an unusual and intriguing exploration of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Forbidden Journey more books like this by Ella K Maillart add to wishlist In 1935 Ella Maillart contemplated one of the most arduous journeys in the world: the "impossible journey" from Peking, then a part of Japanese-occupied China, through the distant province of Sinklang (present day Turkistan), to Kashmir. Enlisting newswriter Peter Fleming (with the caveat that his company remain tolerable), Maillart undertook a ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $16.71! \| first editions \| SVS
4	High Tartary more books like this by Owen Lattimore add to wishlist International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world. see all copies from $24.94! signed copies \| first editions
5	Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang more books like this by Christian Tyler add to wishlist Closed to the world for half a century, like a black hole in the Asian landmass, the wilderness of Xinjiang in north-west China is returning to the light. The picture it presents is both fascinating and disturbing. Despite a savage landscape and climate, Xinjiang has a rich past: sand-buried cities, painted cave shrines, rare creatures and ... see all copies from $17.05! new only from $19.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks: Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia & Northwestern China more books like this by Aurel Stein add to wishlist see all copies from $14.95! new only from $25.00!
7	Mountains of the Middle Kingdom more books like this by Galen A Rowell add to wishlist This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet -- a realm the Chinese call the "middle kingdom" between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Turkestan Reunion more books like this by Eleanor Holgate Lattimore add to wishlist Over the steppes and peaks of high Asia, here is the unforgettable chronicle of a harrowing honeymoon adventure. Turkestan Reunion, a series of long "letters home", is Eleanor Lattimore's vibrant, gem-like counterpart to husband Owen's classic historical account of the same journey in High Tartary. Line drawings. see all copies from $2.26! new only from $17.23! \| signed copies
9	Wonderful Xinjiang more books like this by Meng Wang, Wang Meng, Digest Editors Reader's add to wishlist Follow renowned Chinese writer Wang Meng to China's western region of Xinjiang, where his heart was captured by its natural magnificence and panorama of multiethnic culture. Over 300 stunning photographs will help you discover breathtaking vistas, and learn about Xingiang's people and culture--view native clothing, culinary customs, musical ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $6.88! \| first editions
10	The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mysteries of the Earliest Peoples from the West more books like this by J P Mallory, Professor Victor H Mair add to wishlist The best-preserved mummies are in the museums of Xinjiang, China. For thousands of years the occupants of the Tarim deserts buried their dead in the desert sands. The mummies' faces are European, and this study tries to explain their origin. see all copies from $43.00! new only from $146.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland more books like this by S Frederick Starr (Editor) add to wishlist Eastern Turkestan, now known as Xinjiang or the New Territory, makes up a sixth of China's land mass. Absorbed by the Qing in the 1880s and reconquered by Mao in 1949, this Turkic-Muslim region of China's remote northwest borders on formerly Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Mongolia, and Tibet, Will Xinjiang participate in twenty-first ... see all copies from $39.95! new only from $39.95! \| SVS
12	Exile in Mid-Qing China: Banishment to Xinjiang, 1758-1820 more books like this by Joanna Waley-Cohen add to wishlist Banishment to Zinjiang ranked second in severity only to death in Qing law. Initiated immediately upon the addition of that Central Asian frontier to the Chinese empire, it became a vital element of both the legal system and the project of colonizing the new frontier. In this book Joanna Waley-Cohen traces the establishment and inital years of the ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
13	Land of Yesterday, Land of Tomorrow: 9 more books like this by Brent K Ashabranner, Paul Conklin (Photographer), Peter Conklin (Photographer) add to wishlist Photographs and text explore the Chinese province of Xinjiang, closed to foreigners by the Communist government in 1949 and only reopened in 1984. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.28! \| first editions \| SVS
14	News from Tartary more books like this by Peter Fleming add to wishlist THERE IS NOT much to say about this book by way of introduction. It describes an undeservedly successful attempt to travel overland from Peking in China to Kashmir in India. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles...With masterly understatement Peter Fleming begins this account of what is one of the true epics of adventure. ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $14.32! \| first editions
15	The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom more books like this by Colin Thubron add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
16	The Glory of the Silk Road: Art from Ancient China more books like this by Christopher L Dolmetsch add to wishlist see all copies from $3.50! new only from $16.50! \| first editions
17	Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang more books like this by James A Millward add to wishlist Eurasian Crossroads is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and ... see all copies from $22.42! new only from $24.50! \| SVS
18	Xinjiang, the Silk Road: Islam's Overland Route to China more books like this by Peter Yung, Wei-Ch'uan Weng, Weiquan Weng add to wishlist Peter Yung has travelled extensively through Xinjiang and penetrated some of its remotest areas. His photographs capture the breathtaking beauty of the scenery and the colourful lifestyles of its people. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $82.29! \| first editions
19	The Sinkiang Story more books like this by Jack Chen add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	China's Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China's Kazaks more books like this by Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg add to wishlist This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities. see all copies from $34.30! new only from $50.00! \| first editions
21	From Heavens Lake more books like this by Vikram Seth add to wishlist Vikram Seth is Indian, educated at Oxford, Stanford and Nanjing, where he learned to speak and read Chinese. In this unusual travel book, he chronicles his journey from China, through Nepal and Tibet, home to India--a trip taken mostly on foot or by hitchhiking, so that he saw things most visitors miss. see all copies from $5.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	The Ruins of Desert Cathay: Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Western Most China more books like this by Professor M Aurel Stein add to wishlist "The Ruins of Desert Cathay" documents the adventures of M Aurel Stein, a Hungarian archaeologist who spent most of his life in the service of the British Empire in India and travelled through central Asia and western China. The author intended this volume as a personal record of the archaeological and geographical explorations during the years ... see all copies from $18.79!
23 view cover	The Roof of the World: Being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier more books like this by T E Gordon add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $16.65! new only from $16.65! \| SVS
24	Mountains of heaven : travels in the Tian Shan Mountains, 1913 more books like this by Charles Howard-Bury, Marian Keaney add to wishlist A book on travel and exploration on the border of Russia and China in 1913 when China had just had its revolution and the Russian one was still to come, written by the soldier, linguist, spy, keen early photographer, plant collector, big game hunter and explorer Lt. Col. Charles Howard-Burry. see all copies from $2.53! first editions
25 view cover	The Road to Miran: Travels in the Forbidden Zone of Xinjiang more books like this by Christa Paula add to wishlist This is a first-hand account of how a tall blonde Western woman travelled in disguise as a Chinese man (in Pathan cap, old grey jacket and big padded trousers), through the remote, forbidden and perilous parts of Southern China, in search of an ancient kingdom and the fabulous 2nd-century wall paintings left untouched for thousands of years. ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $99.00!

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