Book Description

Limited de luxe edition, one of 150 copies. 8vo. pp. i [half-title], [ii, limitation leaf], [iii]-x, 219; photo. illusts., map endpapers; minor toning to title-page and occasionally to illusts., else very good in original full morocco, gilt, a.e.g., slightly rubbed, very lightly sunned to spine.
Dealer Notes
Yakushi S208. The author, wife of Eric Shipton, describes her travels in the area of Kashgar in the Chinese province of Sinkiang during the years 1946-8. The book appeared in a regular edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, and in this numbered de luxe edition for the “Editions De Luxe Limited” and “The Collector’s Book Club”.
Author Shipton, Diana.
Date [1950]
Binding Original full morocco
Publisher London: Theodore Brun Limited
Condition See description
Pages i, [ii, limitation leaf], [iii]-x, 219

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