Hedin, Sven Anders (1865-1952) — From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

London Macmillan & Co., Limited pp. xv, 407 + [two pages of publisher's advertisements]. 8vo., measuring 8" x 5.5". Publisher's original pebbled navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration of a globe to the spine, and front board; top-edge gilt, untrimmed page edges. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Sven in traditional Tibetan dress, and accompanied with a rich array of additional photographs, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, etc., each documenting Sven's remarkable travels throughout the Middle East, Eurasia, and beyond. Lightest edgewear to the cloth extremities, light age-toning to the ffep, else, text-block exceptionally well-preserved with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ to near fine. English translation of Från Pl till Pol.