[CENTRAL ASIA] LANSDELL, HENRY Russian Central Asia, Including Kulda, Bokhara, Khiva, And Merv. London: Sampson Low [&c.], 1885. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author "To Miss Fanny Howarth with kind regards & best wishes of the Author Henry Lansdell New Year's Day 1907". Two volumes, publisher's light blue pictorial cloth, black endpapers, modern slipcase. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 13 cm); (vol. 1) xxxii, 688 pp.; (vol. 2) xvi, 732 pp.; 2 colored folding maps, 4 plates (1 mounted photograph, 3 folding), 16 full-page illustrations in the text. Bump to the front board (with some resultant creasing of text), but in all a bright, minimally worn copy, from the Brooke-Hitching collection. The photograph is an exceptional image of the author in armor given by the Emir of Bokhara. Yakushi (1994) L74a. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
[CENTRAL ASIA] LANSDELL, HENRY Russian Central Asia, Including Kulda, Bokhara, Khiva, And Merv. London: Sampson Low [&c.], 1885. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author "To Miss Fanny Howarth with kind regards & best wishes of the Author Henry Lansdell New Year's Day 1907". Two volumes, publisher's light blue pictorial cloth, black endpapers, modern slipcase. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 13 cm); (vol. 1) xxxii, 688 pp.; (vol. 2) xvi, 732 pp.; 2 colored folding maps, 4 plates (1 mounted photograph, 3 folding), 16 full-page illustrations in the text. Bump to the front board (with some resultant creasing of text), but in all a bright, minimally worn copy, from the Brooke-Hitching collection. The photograph is an exceptional image of the author in armor given by the Emir of Bokhara. Yakushi (1994) L74a. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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