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YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis.

The heart of a continent. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza 1884-1894.


John Murray, London 1897. Fourth edition. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, folding map at rear pocket, newspaper cuttings pasted down at rear, presentation and library book-plate pasted down on front endpaper, some spotting on endpapers, original green cloth decorated, spine gilt decorated; otherwise a fine copy.

This title (first published in the same year) firmly established Younghusband as a well known Central Asian explorer. Starting in Manchuria, he continued to the Gobi Desert, to Kashmir and Kashgar, finally exploring the Pamir Plateau. Neate Y29, Yakushi Y9.

Price: £ 350
US Dollar Price: $ 700
Stock Number: 43282
Image of YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis. The heart of a continent. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza 1884-1894.

Image of YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis. The heart of a continent. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza 1884-1894.

Image of YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis. The heart of a continent. A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza 1884-1894.