Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 512

Werner Gilles - Visits to High Tartary... + 1 Beigabe. 1871


512
Werner Gilles
Visits to High Tartary... + 1 Beigabe. 1871
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 264 / $ 282

(incl. surcharge)
Gill, W., The river of golden sand. 2 vols. With 2 woodcut title vignettes and 2 woodcut plates as well as 9 (of 10) folding maps. London. J. Murray 1880. Contemp. half calf. 8vo. 95, 420 pp.; 11 pp., 1 l., 453 pp.
First edition of the travel report of East Tibet and West China in the years 1876-77. - With isolated minor foxing. Binding scraped, 2 boards removed, 1 front board detached. - 1 addition (R. Shaw, Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshghar. London 1871).




512
Werner Gilles
Visits to High Tartary... + 1 Beigabe. 1871
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 264 / $ 282

(incl. surcharge)