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PREJEVALSKY, NIKOLAI. From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor. 2 folding maps. xii, 251, [1] pages. Publisher's 32-page catalogue at end dated October 1878. 8vo, 209x141 mm, original cloth, spine ends rubbed, adhesive remnant on rear cover; clean tear across middle of first map, scattered marginal pencil markings in text, contents otherwise clean and bright. Contemporary signature of Coutts Trotter on front free endpaper. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879
first edition in english, translated from the 1877 original edition in Russian. The book describes the second expedition led by the foremost 19th-century Russian explorer of Central Asia, in which he tried unsuccessfully to reach Lhasa. Yakushi (1994) P295a.handsome copy, with the bookplate of theodore roosevelt.
