Sir Eric Teichman — Journey to Turkistan

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1937. Cloth. An excellently illustrated early edition of Teichman"s wonderful journey from Peking to Kashgar via motor car. The first edition edition of this work. Undated, with the date estimated from the British Library record.  Smartly rebound in early cloth binding, rebacked with an earlier section of the back strip including the title laid down. End papers renewed. This work illustrated with fifty-one pages of photographic plates after original photographs with an original coloured folding map bound to the rear. Collated, complete.  A fascinating first-hand account of Sir Eric Teichman's motor adventure through Mongolia and Chinese Turkistan; from Peking to Kashgar. Smartly rebound in early cloth binding, rebacked with an earlier section of the back strip including the title laid down. End papers renewed. Externally, smart. Only minor rubbing and bumping with the odd mark to earlier cloth. Rebacking generally smart, slight fraying to earlier cloth at rear joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional archival repair to plates at the gutter. Pages bright and clean with only the odd handling mark to margins. The odd spot to outermost leaves. Folding map excellent, only minor spotting to the folds. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .