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Central Asia.- Rickmers (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan, first edition, Cambridge, 1813.

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Central Asia.- Rickmers (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan, first edition, Cambridge, 1813.

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Central Asia.- Rickmers (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan, first edition, frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 1 folding plate, illustrations, many full-page, bookplate, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, Cambridge, 1813.

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Central Asia.- Rickmers (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan, first edition, Cambridge, 1813.

Name: Central Asia.- Rickmers (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan, first edition, Cambridge, 1813.
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