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22.5 x 14.5 cm. viii,[4],257 pp. Original blue cloth with dustjacket. With 2 folding maps in rear-pocket, and 19 b/w illustrations on plates. – In 1944 India’s diplomatic representative in China made an overland journey by horse, yak, foot, station wagon and aeroplane to Chungking. This is the diary of his 125-day pilgrimage – a diary not meant for publication, in which we can comfortably enjoy the fatigues of crossing the Roof of the World […] – Flap .- K.P.S. Menon (1898-1982), was also the first independent Foreign Secretary – serving from 1948 to 1952 – of India. – A very good copy with unclipped dustjacket. – tsjoengking – chongqing
Auteur: MENON, K.P.S.
Jaar: 1947
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Uitgeverij: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press
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