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Lot 184
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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HEDIN, Sven (1865-1952). A group of 6 works, comprising:
Through Asia. New York: Harper & Bros., 1899. 8vo. Photogravure frontis. portraits of the Author and Islam Bai, 2 folding maps, numerous plates and illustrations. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lassa. New York: Scribners, 1903. 2 volumes, 8vo. 5 folding maps, numerous color plates and illustrations. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. London: Macmillan, 1910, 1913. 3 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces, 14 maps (4 of which are folding route maps), numerous illustrations. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- My Life as an Explorer. New York: Garden City Publishing, 1925. 8vo. Numerous maps and illustrations. FIRST EDITION. -- Across the Gobi Desert. London: Routledge, 1931. 8vo. 2 color-printed folding maps, a sketch map, numerous photo plates. With second issue dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- A Conquest of Tibet. London: Macmillan, 1935. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. With the rare dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- Together, 6 works in 10 volumes, all in original publishers cloth, condition generally good.
