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author:
WALLACE, H.F.
title:
THE BIG GAME OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHINA. Being an account of a journey from Shanghai to London, overland across the Gobi Desert.
year:
1992.
description:
Many illustrations. Pictorial cloth facsimile binding. A mint copy with glassine cover. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the publisher. The pursuit of takin, roe deer, burhel, serow, bear, gazelle and wapiti, plus various gamebirds and small mammals for the British Museum. The team were there when the revolution started, and they had to escape overland into the Himalayas. A fascinating account. The first edition is very scarce, verging on rare.
price:
£45.00
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30 August 2008