STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel (1862-1943). Archaeolgical Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1937. Large 4 (305 x 226mm). Plates, maps and plans, a few coloured, two large folding maps, printed in colours, in pocket at back. (Final preliminary leaf detached and slightly tattered at outer margin, perforated ownership stamp to title.) Original cloth gilt, t.e.g. (slightly soiled, accession number at foot of spine). Provenance: Columbia University Library, New York (bookplate dated 1937, perforation stamp).

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STEIN, Sir Marc Aurel (1862-1943). Archaeolgical Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Iran. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1937. Large 4 (305 x 226mm). Plates, maps and plans, a few coloured, two large folding maps, printed in colours, in pocket at back. (Final preliminary leaf detached and slightly tattered at outer margin, perforated ownership stamp to title.) Original cloth gilt, t.e.g. (slightly soiled, accession number at foot of spine). Provenance: Columbia University Library, New York (bookplate dated 1937, perforation stamp).

FIRST EDITION, recording Sir Marc Aurel Stein's expedition, financed by Harvard University and the British Museum. The expedition included field researches starting in the south-eastern corner of Persian Beluchistan.

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