Lot 157

Central Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 5 vol. (including plate vol. & box of maps), first edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921.

Hammer Price: £11,000

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Central Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 5 vol. (including plate vol. & box of maps), first edition, half-titles, text vol. with plates containing multiple photographic illustrations, plate vol. with 176 plates, some colour, few folding, box of maps with contents f., general map with printed glacine overlay (small ink-stamps to glacine), index map and maps numbered 1-94, occasional soiling, light browning to endpapers, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to plates (text vol. to plate lower margins, plate vol. and maps to verso), original cloth, maps loose as issued in original matching cloth box, library sticker to foot of upper covers, plate vol. spine foot bumped and corners rubbed, few very faint stains and some light surface soiling, slight rubbing to extremities, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921.

⁂ Landmark work and one of the most important texts on Central Asia, covering Stein's explorations and his archaeological discoveries on his three expeditions between 1900 and 1915.

Description

Central Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 5 vol. (including plate vol. & box of maps), first edition, half-titles, text vol. with plates containing multiple photographic illustrations, plate vol. with 176 plates, some colour, few folding, box of maps with contents f., general map with printed glacine overlay (small ink-stamps to glacine), index map and maps numbered 1-94, occasional soiling, light browning to endpapers, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to plates (text vol. to plate lower margins, plate vol. and maps to verso), original cloth, maps loose as issued in original matching cloth box, library sticker to foot of upper covers, plate vol. spine foot bumped and corners rubbed, few very faint stains and some light surface soiling, slight rubbing to extremities, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921.

⁂ Landmark work and one of the most important texts on Central Asia, covering Stein's explorations and his archaeological discoveries on his three expeditions between 1900 and 1915.

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