The Silk Road
The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom by acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron, with colour photographs by Carlos Navajas. This substantial landscape-format volume combines travel writing and photography in an evocative exploration of the historic Silk Road across western China, following its desert settlements, religious art, architecture, landscapes and communities toward Kashgar.
Published by Simon & Schuster, this hardcover contains 128 pages, colour photography and mapped endpapers. The copyright page carries a complete number line beginning with 1, identifying this copy as a first printing. ISBN 0-671-70175-4. Approximate dimensions are 34 x 29 x 2 cm, with an approximate weight of 1.1 kg.
The book is in Very Good overall condition with its original dust jacket. The jacket has light rubbing and edge wear, with localized creasing, small tears and apparent clear-tape reinforcement near the lower-left corner/spine area. The exposed boards and page block appear sound, and the photographed interior spread shows no obvious writing or staining in the visible area.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual copy offered.
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The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom by acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron, with colour photographs by Carlos Navajas. This substantial landscape-format volume combines travel writing and photography in an evocative exploration of the historic Silk Road across western China, following its desert settlements, religious art, architecture, landscapes and communities toward Kashgar.
Published by Simon & Schuster, this hardcover contains 128 pages, colour photography and mapped endpapers. The copyright page carries a complete number line beginning with 1, identifying this copy as a first printing. ISBN 0-671-70175-4. Approximate dimensions are 34 x 29 x 2 cm, with an approximate weight of 1.1 kg.
The book is in Very Good overall condition with its original dust jacket. The jacket has light rubbing and edge wear, with localized creasing, small tears and apparent clear-tape reinforcement near the lower-left corner/spine area. The exposed boards and page block appear sound, and the photographed interior spread shows no obvious writing or staining in the visible area.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual copy offered.
