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THBGrouping of 6 Books on Early 20th C. Exploration
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Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Grouping of 6 Books on Early 20th C. Exploration. 1st Item: ACROSS THIBET by Gabriel Bonvalot, of "De Paris au Tonking a Travers le Tibet Inconnu" translated from the French by C. B. Pitman. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. 8vo, 417 pp. First American Edition, gilt illustrated camel caravan on cover, gilt spine, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, folded map in pocket inside front cover.
2nd Item: THE SILK ROAD by Sven Hedin, Translated from the Swedish by F. H. Lyon. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First Edition, with folded map inside cover.
3rd Item: THROUGH DESERTS AND OASES OF CENTRAL ASIA by Ella and Percy Sykes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. First Edition. 8vo, 340pp. Authored by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes and his sister Ella. Folded map in pocket inside rear cover intact. Many illustrations from photographs throughout. The first part by Ella concerns their travels through Chinese Turkestan and crossing the Tien Shan mountains. The second portion, written by Sir Percy, deals with the geography, history, and ethnography of the peoples of Kashgar and the Pamirs.
4th Item: FORBIDDEN JOURNEY From Peking to Kashmir by Ella K. Maillart, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. Translated from the French by Thomas McGreevy. First Edition with Dust Jacket. 306pp, illustrated map endpapers, numerous black and white illustrations throughout.
5th Item: MOVED ON! From Kashgar to Kashmir by P.S. Nazaroff. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1935. "Rendered into English from the Russian Manuscript of the Author by Malcolm Burr, D. Sc." Signed and Inscribed by Burr in 1943 in Istanbul.
6th Item: EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON by Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. First Edition. 284pp. Authored by two of Theodore Roosevelt's sons, Theodore Jr. (1887-1944) and Kermit (1889-1943) regarding hunting in the Himalayas.
Condition
1st Item (Thibet): Very good with corner bumping and scuffing, ex-library label; 2nd Item (Silk Road) No Jacket, toning to boards; 3rd Item (Deserts): Very good; 4th Item (Journey): Very good, price-clipped DJ w/ chips and tears, bookplate inside front w/ pencil notations; 5th Item (Moved On): No Jacket, foxing to endpapers and edges; 6th Item (East...): Jacket with losses.
- Provenance
The estate of John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville, Tennessee.
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