$450 TRANS-HIMALAYA - discoveries and adventures in Tibet - Sven Hedin, McMillan's Empire library, 3 volumes, VG+ in original dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles,

TRANS-HIMALAYA - discoveries and adventures in Tibet - Sven Hedin, McMillan's Empire library, 3 volumes, VG+ in original dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles, First two volumes 1909, third most scarce volume, often missing, 1913, B&W plates, strangely no maps as issued, minor foxing, The Swedish explorer devoted his third journey, 1906-8, to the region lying between Shigatse and Leh and to the north of the Brahmaputra. He produced maps of the area, which had not been previously visited and revealed the existence of a large range of mountains lying parallel to the Himalaya on the Tibetan side. Hedin visited the sources of the major Asian rivers that rise near Mt Kailas and Lake Manasarowar Lakes. As fine bright copies of these scarce volumes as you'll ever find $450

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TRANS-HIMALAYA - discoveries and adventures in Tibet - Sven Hedin, McMillan's Empire library, 3 volumes, VG+ in original dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles, First two volumes 1909, third most scarce volume, often missing, 1913, B&W plates, strangely no maps as issued, minor foxing, The Swedish explorer devoted his third journey, 1906-8, to the region lying between Shigatse and Leh and to the north of the Brahmaputra. He produced maps of the area, which had not been previously visited and revealed the existence of a large range of mountains lying parallel to the Himalaya on the Tibetan side. Hedin visited the sources of the major Asian rivers that rise near Mt Kailas and Lake Manasarowar Lakes. As fine bright copies of these scarce volumes as you'll ever find $450