The Antique Land.
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Book Description
Limited de luxe edition, one of 150 copies. 8vo. pp. i [half-title], [ii, limitation leaf], [iii]-x, 219; photo. illusts., map endpapers; minor toning to title-page and occasionally to illusts., else very good in original full morocco, gilt, a.e.g., slightly rubbed, very lightly sunned to spine and upper board.
Dealer Notes
The author, wife of Eric Shipton, describes her travels in the area of Kashgar in the Chinese province of Sinkiang during the years 1946-8. The book appeared in a regular edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, and in this numbered de luxe edition for the “Editions De Luxe Limited” and “The Collector’s Book Club”.
AuthorShipton, Diana.
Date[1950]
BindingOriginal full morocco, gilt
PublisherLondon: Theodore Brun Limited
ConditionSee description
Pagesi, [ii, limitation] [iii]-x, 219
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