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Robert Shaw in Central Asia
Robert Shaw in Central Asia
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Author: Shaw, Robert
Title: Visits to High Tartary, Y?rkand, and K?shghar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and Return Journey over the Karakoram Pass
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1871
Description:

xv, [1], 486 pp. Four color lithograph plates, including frontispiece; three black and white plates; two folding maps. (8vo) publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped animal head on cover. First Edition.

Robert Barkley Shaw (1839-1879) was a British explorer and diplomat. He was an early English traveler to Kashgar in Central Asia. He was later a member of a diplomatic expedition to the area ultimately becoming a diplomat in northern India and in Mandalay. Newspaper clipping tipped to front pastedown.

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Chips and rubbing at ends of slightly leaning spine, some rippling to cloth; front hinge cracked, rear hinge detached, binding split internally, ripple to leaves; good only.
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