Description: This is a respectfully used soft cover book in GOOD SOLID CONDITION—from a smoke-free environment. The photo you see is of the actual item you will receive. Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this listing. FOREIGN DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD – The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia – by PETER HOPKIRK. The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centers of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese. The University of Massachusetts Press - ©1980, First paperback published 1984; ISBN 0-87023-435-8; 252 pages. The book is in good condition; light reading wear; binding tight; pages clean and crisp--no writing, no underlining, no highlighting; covers scuffed; cover and spine edges rubbed/chipped; normal shelf wear. Nice, tight, clean, crisp copy. WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING. G&M stock #1fe(gtown21)
Price: 5 USD
Location: Round Rock, Texas
End Time: 2023-12-29T20:38:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.75 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: China
