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FORBIDDEN JOURNEY

FROM PEKING TO KASHMIR

by ELLA K. MAILLART

Translated from the French "Oasis Interdites" by Thomas McGreevy

pub. Heinemann, London, 1949, reprint, 1st pub. 1937, hardcover 8vo without dj, 2 Parts, Chapters, B/W PHOTOS & MAPS (check scans for fold-out map), Index, 312pp., beige endpapers.

Condition:  Red cloth-bound hardcover with (slightly faded) gilt title to spine, rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with inscription to front endpaper & small bookshop sticker to inside front cover, title page is partially detached, foxing to endpapers & to outside page edges, without dustjacket.

  • What a journey to make in 1935, with the fold-out map showing the route of Ella Maillart and Peter Fleming.