Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 243

Price Realized: $ 715
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
STEIN, MARC AUREL, Sir. An Archaeological Tour in Waziristan and Northern Baluchistan. 21 plates of antiquities; 24 photographic illustrations on 7 leaves; 8 plans on 4 leaves; folding map. [12], 97, [1], iii pages. Folio, 317x248 mm, later 1/2 cloth, original wrappers bound in; contents clean. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1929

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first edition. Apart from an unsuccessful 1930-31 expedition to Chinese Central Asia, Stein conducted his later explorations in present-day Pakistan and Iran, searching for links between the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley and the Middle East, and for sites associated with eastern campaign of Alexander the Great.