THE GOBI DESERT
by Cable, Mildred; with French, Francesca
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1943. First Edition, 3rd Impression of 1943 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Pale blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong & sound showing discoloration & brown spotting (acidic reaction) to backstrap and leading text edge. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed blue. Fold-out map (also BRAND NEW) to rear. Travel narrative of British missionary Alice Mildred Cable (1878 - 1952), Evangeline (Eva) French and her sister Francesca French. This travelogue chronicles their unique esperiences of many years traversing the Gobi Desert. The two were the first English women to cross the Gobi Desert. Volume describes the inns, monasteries, archaeological sites, abandoned cities and patterns of life in the 1920s. A primary historical record. Fine copy less dustjacket,
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- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010203
- Title
- THE GOBI DESERT
- Author
- Cable, Mildred; with French, Francesca
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Impression of 1943
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Travel Narrative/Gobi Desert/China/Shansi/The Silk Road
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