Aurel Stein : pioneer of the Silk Road
London : John Murray, 1995. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476323
ISBN: 0719557518
Physical description; xiv, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-382) and index. Contents; A Singular Inheritance – First Taste of the British Raj – Ambition Finds a Way – Birth of a Great Adventure – Lost Cities of the Silk Road – A Fight for Freedom – Race to the Desert – Treasures of the 'Black Hole' – A Hero's Welcome – Escape from Civilization – On the Trail of Alexander the Great – Chinese Debacle – In Search of Another Dead Desert – 'Ready to Return to Duty' – 'Death in Some Far-off Country'. Subjects; Stein, Aurel, Sir (1862-1943) – Biography. Archaeologists – Hungary – Biography. Archaeologists – Asia, Central – Biography. Silk Road – Discovery and exploration. Silk Road – Antiquities. Asia, Central – Antiquities. Asia, Central – Description and travel.
Price: €25.00