Stein (M. Aurel). Ruins of Desert Cathay. Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1912, numerous illustrations, maps and panoramas, occasional light spotting, one or two maps torn without loss, some leaves loosening, front free endpaper of volume 1 torn, hinges breaking, library label and small book label, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, small tears at spine ends, thick 8vo, together with Favenc (Ernest), The History of Australian Exploration from 1778 to 1888, 1st edition, London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1888, four maps (three folding), three facsimile letters, five plates of cave paintings, light spotting and toning, partly unopened, hinges cracked & tender, original red cloth, spine faded with small chip, 8vo, plus Miranda (Giovanni), Osservationi della lingua Castigliana, Venice: Ghirardo, & Iseppo Imberti, fratelli, 1622, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut portrait illustration, some dampstaining with damp fraying to upper margins of last few leaves with slight loss to running titles, old manuscript covered boards, soiled and rubbed, 8vo, and others including Die Kunstsammlung by Eugen Felix 2 volumes (catalogue & atlas), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1880; and a volume containing twelve 18th century engraved plates of French Chimney Pieces designs (Qty: a carton)
Stein (M. Aurel). Ruins of Desert Cathay. Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1912, numerous illustrations, maps and panoramas, occasional light spotting, one or two maps torn without loss, some leaves loosening, front free endpaper of volume 1 torn, hinges breaking, library label and small book label, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, small tears at spine ends, thick 8vo, together with Favenc (Ernest), The History of Australian Exploration from 1778 to 1888, 1st edition, London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1888, four maps (three folding), three facsimile letters, five plates of cave paintings, light spotting and toning, partly unopened, hinges cracked & tender, original red cloth, spine faded with small chip, 8vo, plus Miranda (Giovanni), Osservationi della lingua Castigliana, Venice: Ghirardo, & Iseppo Imberti, fratelli, 1622, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut portrait illustration, some dampstaining with damp fraying to upper margins of last few leaves with slight loss to running titles, old manuscript covered boards, soiled and rubbed, 8vo, and others including Die Kunstsammlung by Eugen Felix 2 volumes (catalogue & atlas), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1880; and a volume containing twelve 18th century engraved plates of French Chimney Pieces designs (Qty: a carton)
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