Yakushi S716. Aurel Stein remains one the great figures of Central Asian exploration. His first three expeditions to the Central Asian desert interior, in 1900-1, 1906-9, and from 1913 to 1916, proved rich in their discoveries, and made his name. The present two volumes contain his narrative of the 1906-9 expedition, when, starting from Khotan and travelling eastwards, Stein reached and surveyed the so-called Cave of a Thousand Buddhas. This copy belonged to Michael Ward, member of the 1951 & 1953 Everest expeditions.