In the summer of 1986 two Cambridge history undergraduates set out on Marco Polo's famous journey across Central Asia to the city of Xanadu in Mongolia. This account traces their experiences in the war-torn Middle East and along 1500 miles of the Silk Road to their eventual destination.
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In the summer of 1986 two Cambridge history undergraduates set out on Marco Polo's famous journey across Central Asia to the city of Xanadu in Mongolia. This account traces their experiences in the war-torn Middle East and along 1500 miles of the Silk Road to their eventual destination.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publishers grey cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. First edition, first impression. ISBN: 0002179482 Pages: 320 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.
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1989. Collins. First reprint. Hard Cover. Book-VG. Dj-VG. 9.5x6.5. 314pp. Some b/w plates, endpaper maps. In the summer of 1986 William Dalrymple left his college in Cambridge to travel to Xanadu, still lying on the Mongolian steppe This is the account of a quest, a journey which began in the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and took Dalrymple and his companions across the width of Asia along dusty, forgotten roads, through villages and cities full of unexpected hospitality and wildly improbable escapades, to Xanadu itself.
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VG+ 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slight marking to rear endpapers); pp. [viii (last blank)], 310. Trade paperback with cover photographs and advance praise from Dervla Murphy, John Julius Norwich and others. A very good copy of the proof edition of the author's first book, now a Central Asian travel classic.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original grey boards gilt (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed); pp. [vi], 314, with illustrations & maps. A near fine copy of the uncommon first edition. The author's first book.
