Lot 321
A. Stein, Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. London 1904.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
321
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Marc Aurel Stein
Stein, Marc Aurel: Sand-buried ruins of Khotan. Personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan. Cheaper Edition. London: Hurst and Blackett, limited 1904. With a frontispiece, title vignette and numerous illustrations within the text, plus a colour plate with multiple folds. XL pp., 503 pp. Rust-brown original linen. Uncut copy
(Cover scuffed, edges slightly bumped. Spine with a large tear.)
See Yakushi (1994), p. 713a. – This ‘cheaper edition’ was published the year after the first edition. It contains an account of Stein’s first expedition to Central Asia in 1900–01. – The bookplate on the front endpaper has been scratched out.
(Cover scuffed, edges slightly bumped. Spine with a large tear.)
See Yakushi (1994), p. 713a. – This ‘cheaper edition’ was published the year after the first edition. It contains an account of Stein’s first expedition to Central Asia in 1900–01. – The bookplate on the front endpaper has been scratched out.