KRIST Gustav - Bukhara and the neighboring countries of central Asia [1939] [publisher's cover].

Warsaw [1939]. Trzaska, Evert and Michalski. Series: Travel Library, vol. 19. 14x22 cm, pp. VII, 228, (4), black and white photographs on separate pages, fold-out map of central Asia on paste-down at beginning of book, publisher's binding, cloth with gilt. Very good condition (minimal rubbing of the binding).

An account of a trek to Bukhara, Uzbekistan, and the surrounding area, written by Gustav Krist (1894-1937), an Austrian traveler and writer, a war veteran, whose travel stories are a valuable historical source documenting the Muslim reality of the Central Asian region until its Sovietization. Translated by Mieczyslaw Jaroslawski.