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The Heart of a Continent.
by YOUNGHUSBAND, FRANCIS
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0195838408
- ISBN 13
- 9780195838404
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About This Item
Hong Kong.: Oxford University Press.. 1984.. Introduction by Peter Hopkirk. 4 folding maps one of which is in rear pocket, black and white illustrations, xx + 409pp, index. Name of a prior owner in ink front free endpaper, upper edge lightly foxed, dustjacket faded and rubbed, a good hardback copy. 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 Chinese Turkistan. The narrative allows the archair traveller a vicarious enjoyment of the excitement, the hardships, and the achievements of the Great Game being played at the time in Central Asia by Russia and Great Britain. (Publisher's description) .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 216641
- Title
- The Heart of a Continent.
- Author
- YOUNGHUSBAND, FRANCIS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0195838408
- ISBN 13
- 9780195838404
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press.
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong.
- Date Published
- 1984.
- Keywords
- Central Asia, China, Himalayas, India, Manchuria, Silk Road, Travel, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...