The Gobi Desert de Mildred Cable with Francesca French - 1946

New York: Macmillan, 1944. First printing as stated. Hardcover. Good + +. New York: Macmillan, 1944. First printing as stated. Good + +.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Reprinted. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Fold-out map at rear. Black and white photographs. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to rear hinge with netting exposed. Binding slightly loose. Front free endpaper missing. A previous owner's name to rear of frontispiece. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1943. Reprinted. 303 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour plate to centre of book. Pull-out map to rear free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to spine. Light sunning overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape to top edges. Light foxing overall.

NY: Macmillan. VG book, no DJ. Orange cloth. Clean. Extrems scuffed.. 1945, (1944cp). 2nd printing. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. FINE text block & plates. Text block top edge dusty. Pencilled ep notes, but no aging, foxing, etc. 8vo 303pp. .

Boston, MA Beacon Press, 1987. Paperback First Edition Thus [1987]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus [1987]; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just the barest hint of wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing to the panels; foxing to the inside of the front and rear covers and the text pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; the binding leans ever so slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows a couple of minor flaws; but remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable: in fact, in overall appearance, remains virtually 'As New'. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 1.05 inches). xxi, 303 pages. 48 full-page black & white photographs. Multi-page pull/fold-out black & white map at end of text. Key to oasis names;… Leer más

Hodder and Stoughton, 1943. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954 F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed & nicked, spine a trifle toned); pp. 304 (last blank), with 48 black & white plates & 3 maps. A very good copy.. Tenth Impression. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

London.: Hodder & Stoughton.. Reprint.. 1946.. Two maps (1 folding), three colour plates, many photographic illustrations, 301pp, light browning, inscription front free and neat label of a prior owner front endpapers, corners a little bumped. Spine a trifle darkened but overall a very good copy in bright original cloth binding. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1943. Reprint. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 1943 reprint. Size large octavo, 303 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge blue, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, spine a little faded, pages are slightly toned else clean. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and edges rubbed with a few small chips and nicks, spine a little sunned, not price clipped. The two missionaries of the China Inland Mission describe their travels from Lanchow to Chuguchak via Hami and Urumchi and their work among the Turki and Mongol peoples of the area. 3 colour plates, 48 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 folding Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1943. First Edition, 3rd Impression of 1943 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Pale blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong & sound showing discoloration & brown spotting (acidic reaction) to backstrap and leading text edge. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed blue. Fold-out map (also BRAND NEW) to rear. Travel narrative of British missionary Alice Mildred Cable (1878 - 1952), Evangeline (Eva) French and her sister Francesca French. This travelogue chronicles their unique esperiences of many years traversing the Gobi Desert. The two were the first English women to cross the Gobi Desert. Volume describes the inns, monasteries, archaeological sites, abandoned cities and patterns of life in the 1920s. A primary historical record. Fine copy less dustjacket,