Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand
1925, first edition of Ella Christie's adventurous journey
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Printing Details
First edition. Hardback (rebound). 21 × 13cm, 280pp.
Full title: Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand; The Remarkable Story of a Woman's Adventurous Journey Alone Through the Deserts of Central Asia to the Heart of Turkestan
Ella Robertson Christie, traveller and gardener, travelled widely in Asia and visited many countries including India, Ceylon, Malasia, China, Japan and Borneo. Her most significant trips were to Russian Turkestan in 1910 and 1912 and she was the first British woman to visit the state of Khiva. Her amazing journey is expressed very vividly in this book. Her two adventurous journeys describe Turkestan in the years leading up to the First World War: one from Moscow and the Aral Sea to Kokand and the second farther south from Constantinople (Istanbul) and the Caspian Sea to Andizhan.
Condition
A fairly poor copy of a rare first edition. The book has been rebound in plain binder's cloth, with heavy fading to the boards. It is an ex-Boots library copy, with remnants of the shield to the lower front board, and a small black pen mark to pages' bottom edge. Remnant of label taken from the rear pastedown. The text remains readable but the book lacks two plates at page 144 (3 photos) and page 232 (2 photos). All other plates present. The map is also present and has been trimmed to the fore-edge—there's no loss to the map, just the border.
Price
£50.00
