""Man And Mystery In Asia"" is a non-fiction book written by Ferdinand Ossendowski. The book is a collection of the author's experiences and observations during his travels through Asia. Ossendowski was a Polish writer and explorer who traveled extensively throughout Asia in the early 20th century. In this book, he shares his encounters with various cultures, religions, and mysteries of the continent. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the history of Asia, the customs and traditions of its people, and the ...
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""Man And Mystery In Asia"" is a non-fiction book written by Ferdinand Ossendowski. The book is a collection of the author's experiences and observations during his travels through Asia. Ossendowski was a Polish writer and explorer who traveled extensively throughout Asia in the early 20th century. In this book, he shares his encounters with various cultures, religions, and mysteries of the continent. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the history of Asia, the customs and traditions of its people, and the spiritual practices of different religions. Ossendowski also delves into the mysterious and mystical aspects of the continent, including legends of hidden cities, ancient prophecies, and supernatural powers. The book is a fascinating exploration of the cultural and spiritual diversity of Asia, and provides a unique perspective on the region's history and traditions. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Asian culture, history, and spirituality.This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Very Good+ Third printing, 1924, hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 295pp., frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild edgewear to spine ends and corners, mild rubbing, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, text clean and unmarked but toned uniformly throughout. No DJ.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) SIGNED and INSCRIBED by collaborator as follows: Note on endpaper: "To Colonel and Mrs. Newell with my compliments and warm regard of their collaborator. Lewis S. Palen. " F. S. Osssendowski's photo on frontis. Octavo, hardcover, front hinge starting and tape on spine else VG. map endpapers. No dj. 343 deckled pages.
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In collaboration with Lewis Stanton Palen. 307pp frontispiece, Edward Arnold, London 1924. *Polish geologist's experiences in Siberia. Siberia 69. Very good.
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Good. xii, 295, [1], 16 pages, Frontis illustration. Map at rear endpaper. Cover has some wear and soiling. Somewhat cocked. Some endpaper discoloration. Some page foxing and discoloration. Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (27 May 1876-3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anti-Communist political activist. He is best known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil War in which he participated. After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Ossendowski moved to Harbin in Manchuria, where he founded a Central Technical Research Laboratory, a Russian-financed institution for development of the ore deposits in the area. At the same time, he headed the local branch of the Russian Geographic Society in Vladivostok. As such he made numerous trips to Korea, Sakhalin, Ussuri and the shores of the Bering Strait. In Manchuria, he also became one of the leaders of the considerable Polish diaspora. At the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, he also got involved in the counterrevolutionary Russian government led by Supreme Governor Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak. He served at various posts, among others as an intelligence officer, an envoy to the intervention corps from the United States and an assistant to the Polish 5th Rifle Division of Maj. Walerian Czuma. In 1918 he was responsible for the transfer of many tsarist and White Russian documents to the Entente. In late 1921 he published his first book in English: Beasts, Men and Gods. The description of his travels during the Russian Civil War became a striking success and a bestseller. After the end of the Russian Civil War, Ossendowski continued to travel to different parts of the world, and after each journey he published a book or two. In the interwar period, he was considered the creator of a distinct genre called the traveling novel. With over 70 books published in Poland and translated almost 150 times into 20 other languages, Ossendowski was also the second most popular Polish author abroad, after Henryk Sienkiewicz.
