Forbidden Journey. From Peking to Kashmir.
by MAILLART, ELLA K
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
London.: William Heinemann Ltd.. Reprint of the first 1937 edition.. 1940.. Maps, one folding, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 312pp, notes and index, browned endpapers, some light foxing upper edge and preliminary leaves, cloth slightly faded, lettering dulled on the spine, but good copy. Two prior owner inscriptions on front free endpaper. 22 x 14cm This journey undertaken by Ella Maillart and travel writer Peter Fleming resulted in two books - Forbidden Journey by Maillart and News from Tartary by Fleming. Each tells the story of their journey but their accounts could not be more different. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214695
- Title
- Forbidden Journey. From Peking to Kashmir.
- Author
- MAILLART, ELLA K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint of the first 1937 edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1940.
- Keywords
- Asia, China, Himalayas, India, Tartary, Tibet, Women, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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