This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...the present Steppe is little above the level of the water. Having sketched these singular and beautifully-coloured rocks, it was time to think of returning towards our home, as we had a long ride before us, part of it over a hilly country, and then across a fine level Steppe. While I had been engaged ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...the present Steppe is little above the level of the water. Having sketched these singular and beautifully-coloured rocks, it was time to think of returning towards our home, as we had a long ride before us, part of it over a hilly country, and then across a fine level Steppe. While I had been engaged sketching, a great change had taken place in the weather, and a cold wind was blowing, coming sometimes in sudden gusts. Clouds had long been gathering over the summits of the Altai, and now the chain and some of the nearer ridges were quite obscured. The Kirghis said we should soon have a storm, and proposed riding fast to the aoul. In rather more than an hour we had crossed the hills, and were riding over the Steppe, when the gusts became more frequent and stronger--a sure sign of an approaching tempest. We all cast looks of suspicion towards the Altai, and then observed that all the lower ridges rising from the Steppe were obscured, while a dense mass of black clouds extending a long distance from north to south, was rolling on towards us. Wethen looked wistfully towards the aoul. The Mantilla Rocks could be seen, but they were more than a three hours ride away, and the storm was coming fast over the Steppe. I called a halt, secured my pistols 304 CAUGHT IN A WIIIRLVVIND. in their holsters, and had the rifle and gun put into their leathern cases--a drenching being inevitable, and there was not a tree or a rock under which we could receive the slightest shelter. We pushed on at a good speed, fearing what we saw, and knowing that night was fast approaching. The gusts of wind ceased, and for a short time it was a perfect calm. Looking towards the black mass, I saw that the clouds were in great commotion, while streams of vapour were...
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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British Library, Historical Print Editions
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3/28/2011 12: 00: 00 AM
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Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine; no markings, price clipped. vii, viii, 611 p. illus., double map, plates. 22 cm. Source books and studies on inner Asia. Praeger scholarly reprints. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Plates. Reprint of the 1858 ed. with a new introd. by D. Sinor.
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The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia. viii, 611pp, 20 plates, map, (Hurst & Blackett, London 1858) reprinted NY 1970. Very good copy.
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Fair. 533 pages, 52 plates, map. Octavo. Original black cloth. Minor damp stain to endpapers, chipping, discoloration to boards, corners bumped, map, present but torn almost in two.
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Very Good. This is a nice bright copy of Atkinson's journey which took him 39, 500 miles; contains several full page illustrations as well as a number of text illustrations. Original blue cloth covers with gilt spine lettering. Small old paper sticker on front end paper, old round blindstamp on first page and one other page (...Military Academy), and old number on title page [997], corners of a few pages lightly crimped on bottom edge (probably from being carelessly reshelved). Indexed, 20 pages of publisher's ads in the rear. Published a year after the 1858 Harper's edition.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 483 pages.
