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STEIN, Sir Aurel (1862-1943). Ruins of Desert Carthay. Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. Thick 8vos. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, with three folding maps inserted at rear (one map doesn’t unfold completely due to binding error). Publisher’s full terra cotta cloth, front boards stamped with central gilt classical motif, spines lettered in gilt (spines toned, edgeworn, some wear, soiling to boards, some foxing in text, ownership signature on p. [1] in volume I, a few gutters overopened). Very good. FIRST EDITION.