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STEIN, MARC AUREL, Sir. Serindia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China. 175 plates of antiquities; 345 photographic illustrations; 59 plans. xxxix, [1], 547, [1]; viii, [549]-1088; xi, [1], [1089]-1580; x pages. 4 volumes, plus case containing contents list and 96 folding maps, including general map with glassine overlays. Together, 5 volumes. Folio, 330x252 mm, original cloth, worn, with hole in Volume 1 spine and dent along edge of flap on map case; free endpapers browned, clean tear in plate facing page 634 in Volume 2, contents otherwise generally clean. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1921
first edition of Stein's magnum opus, the full scholarly report of the 1906-08 expedition. Yakushi S332.from the library of stein's friend and collaborator fred h. andrews (see lots 180-181), with his pencil signature on the title in Volume 1, scattered marginalia, and a letter of transmittal from the publisher addressed to Andrews in Srinagar.
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